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The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 14, 2006 - 3
- ON CAMPUS
Musical theater
*department to
present Seussical
The stories of Dr. Seuss will come to
life tonight at 8 p.m. at the Power Cen-
ter as the musical theater department
presents Ahrens and Flaherty's adapta-
tion of the late author's tales. Charac-
ters include the Cat in the Hat, Horton
the elephant and the Whos. Tickets for
reserved seating range from $9 for stu-
dents and $22 and are available at the
Michigan League ticket office.
Grad students to
present work on
environment
The School of Natural Resources
will sponsor the first annual Environ-
mental Justice Research Symposium
today from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in room
2024 of the Dana Natural Resources
Building. Several SNRE graduate stu-
dents will present their most current
work in the field of environmental
justice.
Chicago Symphony
Orchestra trumpeter
to speak at School of
Music
Bud Herseth, who has served as
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's
principal trumpeter for more than 50
years, will speak on his time with
the Windy City's premier group of
classical musicians at the E.V. Moore
Building today at 2:30 p.m. Herseth
is revered as one of the world's most
influential wind players.
" CRIME
NOTES
Men warned for
public urination
Two men were urinating on the
east side of the Shapiro Undergradu-
ate Library Wednesday at about 11:30
p.m., the Department of Public Safety
reported. Police issued the men a verbal
warning.
Credit cards stolen
from car
O Several credit cards were stolen
from a car parked near University
Hospital at about 12:30 p.m. Wednes-
day, DPS reported. Police have one
possible suspect.
Window broken in
East Quad
A window in a men's restroom in
East Quadrangle Residence Hall was
discovered broken Wednesday at about
10:30 a.m., DPS reported. Police cur-
rently have no suspects.
Laptop stolen from
School of Dentistry
An Apple Powerbook valued at $2500
was stolen from the School of Dentistry
sometime between March 31 and April
4, DPS reported.
THIS DAY
In Daily History
* Protesters urge
regents to divest
from South Africa
April 14, 1983 - In a peaceful
demonstration against the South
African government's Apartheid
policy, students silently gathered
outside University President Harold
Shapiro's house to demand the Uni-
versity divest from the country.
Men wore black armbands while
women wore sashes in a vigil to
symbolize their opposition to apart-
heid.
A line of 35 demonstrators greet-
ed the University regents as they
maer their wav to a clned dinner
Former media executive
pleads no contest in trial
EJustin Ebright, former development
director for Michigan Public Media, was
charged with embezzlement
ANN ARBOR (AP) - The former development
director for University of Michigan's public radio and
television stations has pleaded no contest to embezzle-
ment while working at the stations.
As part of Wednesday's plea by Justin Ebright, 35,
of Whitmore Lake, a charge of conspiracy to embezzle
was expected to be dropped in exchange for his coop-
eration against two former co-workers, Washtenaw
County Prosecutor Brian Mackie said yesterday.
Sentencing was set for May 18. A no contest plea
is not an admission of guilt, but is treated as such for
sentencing purposes.
Ebright was accused of embezzling patio furniture,
landscaping services, a Persian rug, Detroit Tigers
tickets, books, plants, golf services, a golf club mem-
bership, food, alcohol and money.
The plea came on the same day a judge ordered
Michael Coleman, 40, of Ypsilanti, and Jeremy Nor-
dquist, 28, of Saline, to stand trial in the case. A pre-
trial hearing was set for May 18.
Coleman and Nordquist have pleaded not guilty.
Coleman left his job as deputy director for Michi-
gan Public Media last summer to take the general
manager job at Detroit Public Radio station WDET.
Coleman is accused of taking food, alcohol, airline
tickets, lodging and money for his personal use and is
charged with embezzlement.
Nordquist, an account executive who was fired in
January, is charged with embezzlement and conspira-
cy to embezzle. Nordquist is accused of embezzling a
pool table, Persian rugs, food, alcohol, golf spa treat-
ments, a golf club membership, massages, money and
other personal property.
Ebright was Nordquist's supervisor and left the sta-
tion in November. Ebright faces up to 5 years in pris-
on when sentenced, but Assistant Prosecutor Blake
Hatlem said restitution was expected instead of prison
time.
Michigan Public Media is the umbrella organization
for Michigan Radio, with affiliates in Ann Arbor, Grand
Rapids and Flint; Michigan Television (WFUM-TV);
and the Michigan Channel, a cable station.
MSU plans medical school
expansion in Grand Rapids
0 0e
Kilpatnck hints
at demolition of
Tiger Stadium
New school could
generate up to 2,800
jobs and more than
$1.5 billion in economic
EAST LANSING (AP) - Michigan
State University is moving forward
with its plan to expand its medical
school into Grand Rapids.
University trustees yesterday unani-
mously approved a resolution autho-
rizing "all necessary and appropriate"
actions to create the west Michigan
school, which supporters say could
boost the quality of health-related
research and medical care in the
region.
Some second-year students from
Michigan State's College of Human
Medicine are expected to be studying
in Grand Rapids by the fall of 2008.
Plans call for the west Michigan medi-
cal school to have a new building for
its four-year program by 2010. The
building could cost $60 million to $70
million.
The resolution approved yesterday
"This could very well be a model
for how medical education needs
to proceed in the future."
- Lou Anna Simon
Michigan State University President
Detroit mayor will
make a final decision on
the 90-year-old stadium's
fate this May
DETROIT (AP) - The corner of
Michigan and Trumbull is "prime"
real estate, Mayor Kwame Kilpat-
rick says.
But that assessment could final-
ly doom Tiger Stadium, a baseball
shrine for almost 90 years.
Speaking with Detroit Free Press
editors and reporters, Kilpatrick said
he'll make a final decision on the
stadium's fate in May. He stopped
just short of saying the venerable
ballpark, where the Detroit Tigers
played from 1912 through 1999, will
be torn down.
"You have a lot of interesting
things and perspectives that have
been given about Tiger Stadium,
but the only people with money who
have approached us want that sta-
dium gone," the Free Press quoted
Kilpatrick as saying in a report yes-
terday.
"We're focused on making sure
that we do something with that site.
It's a prime opportunity."
City development officials will
market the site - with no mention
of the stadium - at the Interna-
tional Council of Shopping Centers
convention in Las Vegas in May,
Kilpatrick said.
The mayor said he's gotten esti-
mates that enough memorabilia
could be salvaged from Tiger Sta-
dium and sold to pay for the demoli-
tion at no net cost to the city.
Kilpatrick has failed to consider
legitimate plans to save the stadi-
um, said David Malhalab, a retired
Detroit police officer who is among
those trying to rescue the ballpark.
"Tiger Stadium can be preserved,
can be utilized, if the city would just
allow people who care about it and
want to preserve it to do so," he said
Wednesday.
Kilpatrick also unveiled plans to
restore Detroit's police headquar-
ters. He said he has abandoned his
previously announced proposal to
demolish the historic structure.
The 36-month project is sched-
uled to begin about Aug. 1. It was
not clear how the city would pay for
restoring the 83-year-old building,
the Free Press said.
gives school officials and President
Lou Anna Simon authority to sign
contracts with local hospitals and other
partners, recruit faculty members and
seek national accreditation.
"This could very well be a model
for how medical education needs to
proceed in the future," Simon said.
Grand Rapids is about 70 miles west
of the Michigan State campus. But the
area offers a larger mix of health care
providers, researchers and potential
financial donors to boost health educa-
tion, life sciences research and poten-
tially improve health care, supporters
of the expansion say.
Michigan State's board of trustees
approved the concept of the medical
school expansion in 2004. The school
will keep a medical school presence in
East Lansing, but much of the school's
administration and focus will move to
west Michigan.
Key partners in the project include
the Van Andel Institute, Spectrum
Health, St. Mary's Hospital, Michigan
Medical Physician Corp. and Grand
Valley State University.
"Now is the time to move from plan-
ning to implementation," said Marsha
Rappley, acting dean of Michigan
State's College of Human Medicine.
The college has about 480 students.
A 2004 study found that a medi-
cal school in Grand Rapids similar to
the one planned could generate up to
2,800 jobs and more than $1.5 billion
in economic activity.
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