14 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 29, 2000 U lbe icdigtta 1dlg ----- -- --- SEPTEMBER 29, 1890 For more than a century, Daily brings news home SEPTEMBER 29,2000 6 6{ ,1 SMWI HOLLESrHtAU/ D ABOVE: More than 5,000 students have worked at The Michigan Daily in its 110 years of existence and since 1931, the Great Newsroom of the Student Publications Building has been a home away from home for the Daily's reporters, editors and other staff members. RIGHT: One of the Daily's most vocal critics, former University President Robben Fleming, speaks to the Daily staff in 1969, the first time a University president met with the staff In 20 years. Reporter interviews Gandhi attacks backing up Soviet delega 19M. hiansaan Daily Sports Editors Ivan Kaye and Paul Greenberg surround the wire machine In 1954 waiting for ticker printouts from the Associated Press. CURRENT STATISTICS CIRCULATION: 18,000 DAILY READERSHIP: 40,000 + STAFF SIZE (Editorial and Business): 225 + FACTS (May 25, 1924) - Daily reporter AJ Diehl tracked d Gandhi, who had been recently was released from prison by Juliu beach north of Bombay. Gandhi was recuperating at cottage after an appendicitis operation., BOMBAY, India - ... Naturally the first question wa Gandhi, what do you stand by and what do you propose to do to reach your goal?" Gandhi's reply was a statement of the four cardinal points of the non-cooperative move- ment (religious unity, freedom of the l owe r c aste s; * abstinence froma liquor and drugs; industrial recon- struction) ... "Since the * above conditions are opposed to the policy of the British government the attainment of them nec- essarily involves a change in \ t the present form of govern- ment in India. We hope, and, believe that this change can be brought about without violence, for the progress that has been made- shows beyond a doubt the power of Spiritual, even material force. Howev- er the Indian is not a coward and under certain circumstances might resort to physical force where it is necessary to ~ gain his liberty or to establish and maintain - organized government against foreign ' y oppression or mob rule"... Editors convince C.C. little1 lift auto ban (April 26, 1927) - One of most contentious student-a conflicts of the 20th Century was when former Univer Clarence Cook Little prohibited enrolled student fromu biles on campus. You can partially thank the editors of. Arbor's parking crunch. Rigid enforcement of the present automobile regula financially by the University and resulting in drastic pu offenders convicted, will be tried in Ann Arbor the rem semester. This action, decided by President Clarence Coo conference with the editors of The Daily yesterday afterno to give the present regulations a real test, and if becomes ev can be enforced, a general ban on student cars will not be c essary. The President, although believing the best procedure t tion of all student cars with the idea of eventually reinstatin ally if such action is ever deemed feasible, is willing toc The Daily in giving students a last chance to prove themse keeping their cars... Soviet Union accuses Dail of 'warmongering' (Oct. 31, 1952) - The Daily has had many enemies thro years ofexistence. Conservatives claimed the newspaper w and the communists - those from the Soviet Union -said 'own Mahatma the United y the British, to tic-control t a beach-side conflict. The att as, "Mr. cussing ti global pact (April 12, 1955) - All eyes focused on Rackham Amphithe- ater at the University in 1955 when University researchers gathered to announce that Jonas Salk s polio vaccine was efective. The Daily was the first newspaper to report the news - the announcement was voted in a 1999 USA WEEKEND-Newseum poll of the public as the ninth most important news story ofthe 20th Centwy "We had two stories typeset and ready to roll one declaring the vaccine a success and the other indicat- ing that it was a failure," wrote Daily staffer Hanley Gurwin '55 for "Special to the Daily" a commem- orative book put together for the Daily's centenni- al celebration. "As soon as the press release was handed out in the auditorium, a hand signal was , %I>a-given to a person at the rear of the build- - ing who in turn signaled someone in the y phone booth. Within a minute, the presses were rolling and by the time the people *w came out ..., we were selling copies of The Daily on the front steps. We were the first newspaper in the country to report the news of one of the most important soties of the decade. Daily enters Uttle Rock to Central High (Sept. 27, 1957) - Daily Editorial Director James Elsman, Jr was the only member of the administration press to get inside Little Rock Central High sity President School when 101st Airborne Division fbrcibly using automo- integrated the segregated school in 1957. Els- 1927jbr Ann man snuck in with a borrowed school librariy card and managed to take the only photograph tions, backed what was going on inside the school that day unishment for The Daily sold the photo to TIME-LIFE fbr nainder of the $200. k Little after a LITTLE ROCK, Ark - .,. I was in my on, is intended seat at 8:45 for my first class at Little Rock vident that they Central High School.. onsidered nec- ... Two seats to my left sat Jefferson Thomas, one of the Brave Nine. When I told. o be the aboli- him I was an impostor - a reporter fromr g them gradu- the North - he smiled like any adolescent cooperate with when someone is putting something over Ives worthy of the teacher. He answered two questions with a good-willed patness; well-coached by y the NAACP. "Have trouble today?" "No sir." w. ughout its 110 "Expect any trouble any more?" as communists "I don't expect any." we were lead- ... After irate words from thef - It's a success! - Daily first to report success of polio vaccine 1969 Michiganensian Board of Student Publications) - has been a rocky one. In 1967, state legislators became allies with the Daily's senior editors in that particular battle of the "Maynard Street Wars." More than 35 state legislators yesterday sent a telegram to University President Harlan Hatcher saying they were "appalled" by the action of the Board in Control of Student Publications in failing to accept The Daily senior editors' recommendations for new editors. The telegram stated "We are all friends of the University who have defended and fought for the principles of academic freedom and freedom of speech. We wish to avoid seeing the University suffer from adverse publicity marring a great tradition and a great University." With increasing pressure, on top of an editorial in the Detroit Free Press praising the abilities and qualifications of would-be editor Roger Rapoport, the Board approved the proposed list of editors without changes a day later Evidence: McCartney died in 1966 (Oct. 14, 199)6- Of all the Paul is dead stories that popped up in the 1960s and 70s, the Daily's was among the first. OK, so we don't get all the facts right every time. PAUL McCARTNEY was killed in an automobile accident in early November 1966 after leaving EMT recording studios tired, sad, and dejected. The Beatles had been preparing their forthcoming album, tentatively entitled Smile, when progress bogged down in intra-group hassles and. bickering. Paul climbed into his Aston Martin, sped away into the rainy, chill night and was found four hours later pinned under his car in a culvert with the top of his head sheared off. He was deader than a doomail... ... First, a Paul Look-a-like contest was held and a living substitute found in Scotland. He was an orphan from Edinburgh, named William Campbell... Minor plastic surgery was required to complete the image, and Campbell's mustache disc tracted everyone who knew the original McCartney from the imposter s real identity... Angered coach . shoves reporter. (Oct. 2, 1979) - In a scene reminiscent of Indiana 's infamous basketball coach Bobby Knight, lamed Alichigan fbotball coach Bo Schembechler shoved Daily sports editor Dan Perrin armed with a tape recorder, after a media lunch at Weber s Inn in Ann Arbor. Daily reporter Geoff Larcomn wrote that the spark of the shove was a question about Michigan s kicking game. S... ON THE TAPE, Perrin is heard ask- ing: "Would you emphasize the kicking, son egame more when recruiting from now on, 0oPe Cti(, after what's happened so far this season?" -z' Schembechler started to answer, but sud- denly became angry with the reporter. * The Michigan Daily has been distributed free since 1985. Before then copies of the Daily were sold on campus and through subscriptions. Before 1985, the Daily published every day, Tuesday through Saturday. * The Daily is free and independent (despite past attacks from the University administration to control us). Advertising and subscription revenue keeps the Daily self-sufficient and out of the auspices of the University administration. The Board for Student Publications is the oversee- ing body of the Daily, Michiganensian yearbook and Gargoyle humor magazine. The Board primarily manages financial matters for the three publications. * The Student Publications Building at 420 Maynard St. as been the home of the Daily since 1931. The building, a registered Ann Arbor historic landmark, 0 I-