NEWS The Michigan Daily -- Special Graduation Section - Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 3B LSI construction begins custoaians ClImD * desks, cause damage, cracks March 13, 2003 An employee in Wolverine Towers on State Street called the Department of Public Safety on Tuesday to inform officers that Building Services person- nel damaged seven desks last year. The caller said the desks were damaged when custodians from Building Ser- vices stood on top of them to remove and hang vertical blinds from windows throughout the building, causing the desktops to crack. By Anna Clark July 17, 2000 After two years of planning and research, groundbreaking has finally begun on the Life Sciences Institute. "It's all happening pretty quickly. I think we're ahead of the curve in terms of other institutions pursuing the life sciences," said Jack Dixon, who was later selected as one of the institute's two directors. The LSI complex will be located along Washtenaw Avenue, across from Palmer Field, where it will connect the now vacant area between the Central and Medical camuses Constructinn has heonn on a parking structure, which will be mostly underground, and work on the main LSI buildings will commence soon, Dixon said. He added that construction should take 2 1/2 years to complete and should- n't cause much inconvenience to traffic, as construction will take place in an empty space. When finished, the LSI will consist of several buildings that will house laboratories, classrooms, offices, a restaurant and a parking structure. The LSI is intended for study and research in "what it, means to be human, how best to lead a human or humane existence (and) what it is to be a living organism FILLETimfldy The Life Sciences Institute began construction in 2000. It is located on Washtenaw Avenue across from Palmer Field P a t i e n t .ec o m e s U 3 5g3*31A l Vr SE - - - - *5** U" ' " 11 1 u % a lu p u w . I raq , "V. JL i 11gv0 violent when staff u!""'dtubiight deals with Iraq, war tries to draw bloodback on hertwas Nov. 21, 2002, ftTdBrwden follors or~ f Osmahin Laden. We nLooing ack oL n her on davc1in A triage patient at the University Hospital Emergency Room became violent when hospital staff tried to draw his blood, DPS reports state. The patient cooperated after officers from the Ann Arbor Police Department and DPS arrived at the scene. Mother calls for ER transportation to silence her son Sept. 30,2002 A person living in Northwood II Apartments on North Campus requested early Thursday morning that an ambu- lance come to her home, stating that her two-year-old son was crying and cough- ing uncontrollably. She feared that he was choking or suffering from an asth- ma attack, DPS reports state. The caller was met by both the Ann Arbor Fire Department and DPS offi-, cers, who said the child was probably suffering from a cold. The mother then refused transportation to the ER and the fire department called Huron Valley Ambulance to cancel the ambulance. False alarm in Medical Science Building Sept. 26, 2002 A vendor set off a fire alarm at the Medical Science Research Building Monday morning when he accidentally hit it, according to DPS reports. Intoxicated man attempts to flee police in neutral Nov. 30,2601 Police spotted a man standing in the middle of Fuller Road at approximate- ly 3 a.m. Tuesday, according to Depart- ment of Public Safety reports. The man was standing outside of his car and upon spotting police got in his vehicle and attempted to drive away. He was unable to leave the scene because his car was in neutral. Woman reports being "spat upon" Nov. 30, 2001 A woman reported Thursday morn- ing that she was spat upon by a male subject at Taubman Health Care Center on Sept. 9. DPS reports state that she had not reported the occurrence right away because she was trying to contact his "parole officer." -Compiled from staff reports. Oct. 28,2002 Speaking before an auditorium filled with hundreds of Business School alum- ni, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright lectured Friday on the impor- tance of democracy and cautioned against rushing into a war with Iraq. "We are preparing for a second war before the first one is done," said Albright, a distinguished scholar at the Business School's William Davidson Institute. She noted that while the Unit- ed States has helped rebuild Afghanistan, "today there is no question we are threatened by al-Qaida and the haven't finished the job in Afghanistan." Still, Albright said America must remain mindful of the threats posed by Saddam Hussein. "Saddam Hussein is a menace and a serial liar," she said. Although Albright supports the war on terror, she has reservations about President Bush's resolutions against Iraq. "I understand the why, but not the when or what," she said. In recent weeks, many government officials have denounced those question- ing the war, but Albright said, "It's our patriotic duty to ask questions." tIJJJX , vg US& *ii ura Vi 1 ayJ II the Clinton White House dealing with Iraq, Albright said the Clinton admin- istration attempted to address too many issues dealing with the situa- tion. But compared to the Bush administration, she said, "We did have a broader view about what American foreign policy is all about." She also expounded upon the impor- tance of having support from interna- tional allies, stating, "We need them." After the failure of the Kyoto Treaty, European nations "have a sense that they don't matter and that we aren't interested in partner- ships," Albright said. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright lectures at the Business School on democracy and U.S. relations with Iraq. Hideki wins MSA election inlandslide "It's all happening pretty quickly. I think we're ahead of the curve." - Jack Dixon Director, Life Sciences Institute on this planet," University Presi- dent Lee Bollinger said in a letter sent to the University community on May 24. Several University departments will combine to create new courses of study and to sup- port new research in fields influ- encing everything from medicine to the humanities. 'U'resadent defnijay culture class By Anna Clark April 14,2000 After drawing attention across the state and the nation, the debate sur- rounding English Prof. David Halperin's Fall 2000 class, "How to Be Gay: Male Homosexuality and Initia- tion," moved to the University's Board of Regents monthly meeting April 13. Defending the course in his open- ing remarks, University President Lee Bollinger said the class has a legitimate role in the University's academic environment. "It is the role of the University to think about what it means to be human. This course is a facet of the study of what it means to be human," he said. "It's one of intel- lectual interest. We believe this course has academic value." According to its description, the focus of the course is the "role of initi- ation in the formation of gay identity" by studying topics such as Broadway musicals, drag and gay literature. During public comments, American Family Association of Michigan Presi- dent Gary Glenn condemned the class. "AFA-Michigan believes it is wrong to force taxpayers to foot the bill foi a class whose express pur- pose is to 'experiment' in 'initiating' teenagers into a lifestyle of homo- sexual behavior," Glenn said. He continued to say that the class violates state law as well as moral and religious beliefs of many tax- payers. While an 86-page booklet, titled "Health Implications Associ- ated with Homosexuality," was dis- tributed to the regents, Glenn said a homosexual lifestyle is threatening to one's health. After the meeting, Regent Andrea Fischer Newman (R-Ann Arbor) said she had some questions regarding the course because its title was inconsistent with the literature she received about the course. But she said she supports academic freedom. "I don't pass judgment. I support the freedom of the faculty," she said. By Lisa Koivu and Josie Gingrich March 27,2000 While many questioned his sanity and some questioned his logic, independent candidate Hideki Tsutsumi proved that getting to know as many voters as possi- ble is perhaps the best way to win the Michigan Student Assembly presidency. Yet, while he celebrated his victory, some members of the Wolverine Party spent the night in tears as the Central Student Judiciary disqualified them for due to illegal campaigning by the party's campaign manager. Tsutsumi, who has been campaigning since May 1999 by carrying a sandwich board around campus and giving impromptu speeches wherever students gathered, won the election with a total of 3,491 votes, beating out the disqualified Wolverine executive slate of Rory Dia- mond and Marcy Greenberger, who came in second. Blue Party candidates Glen Roe and Elise Erickson finished third, garnering a total of 1,028 votes. "My one year of campaigning paid off. I thought it would happen, but not this big," Tsutsumi said. "Four years ago I came to this country with the belief that I can be anything with hard work and determination. Today I real- ized this is true. "A lot of people have told me its impossible to accomplish my platform, but one year ago nobody thought I could win. I believe I can accomplish anything with the support of students. I will work harder as president than I did campaigning," he added. Vice presidential victor Jim Secreto said he had a feeling the duo would tri- umph, considering the feedback the two had received from students. "I didn't want to count my chickens before they hatched, but I felt really good about it. We've never had an inter- national student or an independent can- didate win'the election" Secreto said. HLE PHlu/Daily Hideki Tsutsuml campaigned for the Michigan Student Assembly presidency by carring a sandwich board around campus for a year. Professor recognized for human gene findings By Lisa Koivu April 17, 2001 On June 26, in a trans-Atlantic news conference held by President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minis- ter Tony Blair, the two announced that the majority of the human genome has been successfully sequenced, a feat that has been compared to man first walking on the moon. The biotechnology company Cel- era Genomics and the publicly fund- ed Human Genome Project had been in competition for more than two years, as each tried to be the first to complete the rough draft. Yet, both Francis Collins, University professor and head of the Human Genome Project, and Celera Chief Executive Officer J. Craig Venter joined together at the press conference to tell the world of their findings. "Science is a voyage of explo- ration into the unknown. We are here today to celebrate a milestone along a truly unprecedented voyage, this one into ourselves," Collins said at the press conference. According to the Human Genome Project, a genome is all of the DNA in an organism, including the genes. The genes carry the proteins that determine what an organism looks like as well as how well the body is able to fight off disease. DNA is made up of four chemi- cals, adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine. These chemicals are repeated about three billion times within the human genome and the order of the chemicals is extremely important, as it is this order which makes each person different from the next. Jack Dixon, Minor J Coon professor and chair of the biological chemistry division in the Medical School, com- pared the lack of information we had prior to the sequencing to a list of parts needed to build a car. "Scientists are like mechanics they must understand how things work. What the genome project provides us is all of the parts a complete list of everything in the car" Dixon said. Congratulations and Good Luck Class of,2003! From your friends at LSAT MAT The MCA7 GRE KPrinceton SAT ACT Review 800/ 2REVIEW www.princetonreview.com CosmeticAtefier, specializes in products from aroundthe worfd Paufa Dorf, LeCkerc, B. Camins, Du Wop, Tera, e-Shave, Karma Sutra, Winde (Body, and many more. Personalized Gift Baskets and Gift Certificates. Customized!Poetry. 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