2A - Wednesday, January 24, 2007
FRIDAY:
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CANDY WOMAN CAN
In loco parentis for half of campus
Dean of women post not eliminated until 1961
With the admission of women in
1870, the University became a lead-
ing progressive example for other
major colleges. But 90 years later, the
University's policies toward women
had lost their progressive edge. It
was then that female students cam-
paigned the administration for per-
mission to wear pants to dinner.
Constant during this time period
was the University's dean of women
- a pseudo-parent for the female
population until the position was
eliminated in the early 1960s amid a
growingcampus rebellion.
In1896,ElizaMariaMosherbecame
the University's first to hold the post.
She was also a professor of hygiene,
sanitation and household economics.
In her lectures, Mosher frequently
discussed parenting techniques like
how to time an infant's bath.
The dean of women had a hand in
nearly all aspects of women's lives,
including their social life, housing
and academics.
Curfews, dress codes and housing
polices remained strict until resis-
tance built in the 1950s. Guidebooks
from the 50s given to women when
they arrived on campus illustrated
the suggested dress code with car-
toon sketches.
Women under the age of 22 were
not allowed to live unsupervised.
In rare cases, single students were
allowed to live off-campus by work-
ing as part-time nannies.
Later, the Dean of Women's office
managed the League Housing pro-
gram, which arranged rooms for
female upperclassman and sorority
members in approved housing.
In 1958, the Women's Senate, a
student government for women,
extended female student's week-
night curfew to 11 p.m. for freshmen
and midnight for upperclassmen. But
the University Board of Regents did
not vote to eliminate curfew entirely
Kinesiology Junior Thatiana Tavarez serves cotton
candy at Winterfest in the Michigan Union yesterday.
CRIME NOTES
Student uses
M-Card without
permission
WHERE: West Quad Resi-
dence Hall
WHEN: Monday at about 1
p.m.
WHAT: A student reported
that her roommate was using
her M-Card without her per-
mission, the Department of
Public Safety reported.
Bench damaged
in apparent
hit-and-run
WHERE: Nichols Arbore-
tum
WHEN: Monday at 8:30 a.m
WHAT: A bench in the Arb
appeared as though it had
been hit by a vehicle, DPS
reported.
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
until 1968.
Women weren't allowed to wear
pants in the dining halls and most
lounges until 1961. To comply with
the dress code, students often threw
on wrinkled cotton "dinner dresses"
over their pants.
In the early 1960s then-Michigan
Daily Editor in Chief Tom Hayden
wrote a series of editorials con-
demning these restrictive policies
and those of then-Dean of Women
Deborah Bacon. The students pre-
sented testimonies that Bacon dis-
couraged students from interracial
dating.
Bacon resigned on Sept. 30, 1961
and the position Was eliminated, end-
ing the era of the dean of women.
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High Definition DVDs are
making porn too revealing,
accordingto some actors
and directors who say the new
technology is revealing previ-
ously hidden imperfections.
Proponents of the HD-DVD
format, however, appreciate an
increased feeling of closeness
to the action, The New York
Times reported.
There has been a 17-per-
cent drop in overseas
travelers to the United
States since Sept. 11, 2001. This
sharp decline has led toa loss
of 194,000 jobs and more than
$15 billion in losttax revenue,
Reuters reported.
New York City is planning
a mulit-year project to
equip its emergency call
centers to receive photographs
and videos from cell phones,
ABC news reported.
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Pair ofjackets
stolen from
hospital
WHERE: University Hospital
WHEN: Monday at about 9
a.m.
WHAT: Hospital Security
officers reported that two
jackets were stolen from
a gift shop located in the
University Hospital, DPS
reported.
Sleeping man
found in Union
WHERE: Michigan Union
WHEN: Monday at about 10:10
a.m.
WHAT: An unauthorized
man was found sleeping in the
Michigan Union, DPS report-
ed. Police issued him a verbal
warning.
Alternative
Spring Break
fundraiser
WHAT: A dinner fundraiser
for the Alternative Spring
Break program. Twenty-five
percent of proceeds will go
toward a spring ASB trip to
Chicago.
WHO: Alternative Spring
Break
WHEN: Today from 5 to 8
p.m.
WHERE: Potbelly's Sand-
wich Works on State Street
Concert with
unique Chinese
instrument
WHAT: "Courtly Gestures,"
a free pipa concert that show-
cases the unique sound of this
four-stringed Chinese instru-
noent.
WHO: Yang Wei, a master of
the pipawho has released 15
CDs and toured throughout
Asia, Europe and the United
States.
WHEN: Today from 8 to 9:30
p.m.
WHERE: The McIntosh The-
ater, Moore Building
Lecture on
emerging
problems and
opportunities
WHAT: A lecture highlight-
ing the challenges facing
innovators in the 21st cen-
tury
WHO: Dr. Eugene Meieran,
Senior Intel Fellow, Intel
Corporation
WHEN: Today from 5 to 6
p.m.
WHERE: Ross School of
Business, Room E1540
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From page 1A
Kaczynski, however, has said that
his property has been unlawfully
taken fromhim.He requested alawyer
with expertise in First Amendment
litigation to fight the auction and the
proposed editing. If the court refuses
to appointhimwithanewattorney,he
wants to represent himself.
The University said it has not yet
made any decision on whether or
not it would accept the Kaczynski
writings, because the situation is
unresolved.
"We are not a party to the court
case," said University spokeswoman
Kelly Cunningham. "There's a gen-
eral understanding that we may be
offered new material sometime in
the future."
Julie Herrada, curator of the
Labadie Collection, said the docu-
ments in question would fit with the
current collection, particularly the
manifesto drafts.
"We would have sought out any-
thing like this," Herrada said. "It fits
the subject matter."
The Special Collections Depart-
ment, to which the Labadie Col-
lection belongs, screens all of its
acquired documents to ensure
appropriateness ' and scholarly
merit. Specialists in each collection
area carefully examine each item
for research value and longevity, the
most important considerations dur-
ingthe screening process.
Herrada, who would examine the
possible donation, does not know
if the process would be altered
because of the sensitive nature of
the Kaczynski documents, but she
said the library wouldn't be the only
party involved in the evaluation.
When Kaczynski donated his
first batch of documents to. the
University, he requested that many
of the names be deleted from the
documents to protect the people in
them.*
The courts allowed the initial
donation because the pieces were
acquired or written by Kaczyn-
ski after his arrest, making none of
them pertinent in any of his court
cases, Herrada said.
SPEECH
From page IA
dozen years with his lowest approv-
al ratings in polls.
Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi
of California,the firstwomantolead
the House, sat over Bush's shoulder,
next to Vice President Dick Cheney.
ReachingouttotheDemocrats,Bush
opened with a tribute to Pelosi and
paused to shake her hand. Healso
asked for prayers for Democratic
Sen. Tim Johnson, hospitalized for
more than a month after suffering a
brain hemorrhage, and Republican
Georgia Rep. Charlie Norwood, suf-
fering from cancer.
The speech audience included up
to a dozen House and Senate mem-
bers who have announced they are
running for president or are consid-
ered possible contenders. -
Bushdividedhis49-minuteaddress
between domestic and foreign issues,
but the war was topic No. 1.
Pelosi set the tone for Democrats.
She sat silently and did not applaud
as Bush warned of high stakes in
Iraq and said American forces must
not step back before Baghdad is
secure.
With Congress poised to deliver a
stinging rebuke on his troop increase,
he made a personal plea to lawmakers.
"I have spoken with many of you
in person. I respect you and the
arguments you made," Bush said.
"We went into this largelyunited, in
our assumptions and in our convic-
tions. And whatever you voted for,
you did not vote for failure."
"Our country is pursuing a new
strategy in Iraq and I ask you to give
it a chance to work," Bush said. "And
I ask you to support our troops in
the field and those on their way."
Pelosi and Senate Majority Lead-
er Harry Reid gave Bush a swift
answer. "While the president con-
tinues to ignore the will of the
country, Congress will not ignore
this president's failed policy," they
said in a joint statement after his
address. "His plan will receive an
up-or-down vote in both the House
and Senate, and we will continue to
hold him accountable for changing
course in Iraq."
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