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MONDAY:
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Arbor Anecdotes
THURSDAY:
.. . . Campus Characters
FRIDAY:
Explained
Swim where?
The Union was once home to a pool
For 41 years, the Michigan
Union was more than a study-
hour refuge or fast-food refu-
eling station.
It was also the place for
male students to perfect their
backstroke.
Designated originally as
a men's recreational club,
the Union's ground floor
- beneath what is now West
Quad Residence Hall's Cam-
bridge House - used to be
home to the pool and a seven-
lane bowling alley.
The pool, which sat where
the Michigan Union Book-
store is today, was part of the
Union's original plans, but it
did not open with the rest of
the building in the fall of 1919.
Because of a lack of funds,
the pool wasn't completed for
another six years. Construc-
tion was also delayed because
the complex was converted
into a barracks for army per-
sonnel during World Wart.
The bowling alley joined
the swimming pool in the
basement in 1937.
Before the pool was closed,
it was the site of competi-
tive student-versus-faculty
water polo matches in the
mid-1950s. The matches often
drew a huge crowd and grew
into intense rivalries. For-
mer University Regent Gene
Power, a frequent participant
in the matches, was known for
playing naked.
The pool was closed in
1966 because of high mainte-
nance costs and declining use.
Because the Union's doors
were not officially opened to
women until 1968, women
rarely had access to the pool
outside of special events.
The pool was covered after
its closing and was replaced
with administrative offices
that included the Alumni
Association headquarters
before the space became the
bookstore.
Former Alumni Association
Director Bob Foreman told
The Michigan Daily in 1998
that towel-clad students look-
ing for the pool would wan-
der into his office, which was
built over the diving board's
old home.
Jim Waite, who is in his first
year as director of the Union,
said the Union's facilities are
constantly evolving.
"Change is the only thing
that is consistent here at the
Union," he said.
JAMES DEAN
- This article was reported
using Daily archives and "The
Michigan Union: 1904-2004
100 Years ofStudent Life."
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A student demonstrates a cannonball into the pool that used to be in the base-
ment ofthe Michigan Union.
CRIME NOTES
Toilet paper
lifted
WHERE: Chemistry Building
WHEN: Monday at about 11
a.m.
WHAT: Thirteen rolls of
toilet paper were stolen from
a bathroom yesterday, the
Department of Public Safety
reported.
Woman goes
into labor next
to hospital
WHERE: Ronald McDonald
House, 1600 Washington
Heights
WHEN: Monday at about
2:30 p.m.
WHAT: An ambulance was
requested when a woman
who was staying at the Ron-
ald McDonald House went
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
into labor, DPS reported. The
woman arrived at the hospital
safely.
Projector
pilfered
WHERE: School of Education
WHEN: Monday at about 5:30
p.m.
WHAT: A projector was taken
from a classroom, DPS reported.
The room's door was unlocked
at the time of the theft.
Laundry lost
WHERE: Samuel Trask Dana
Building
WHEN: Monday at about 11:30
a.m.
WHAT: A female student
reported her clothes missing
from a dryer, DPS reported. She
realized the clothes were miss-
ing 45 minutes after the dryer
cycle was scheduled to end.
Ensemble
performance
WHAT: A performance by
Time for Three, a group of for-
mer University music students
who began playing while still
in school. Admission is free
WHO: Time for Three
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Cady Room, Stea-
rns Building
Journalism
lecture
WHAT: Journalist G. Pas-
cal Zachary will speak of his
experiences as a writer for
The Wall Street Journal and
The New York Times
WHO: The William David-
son Institute
WHEN: Today at 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: Room W0768, Wyly
Hall, Ross School of Business
Valentine's Day
festival
WHAT: A free concert by
student musicians, card mak-
ing and caricatures
WHO: University Unions
Arts and Programs
WHEN: Today from 6 to 8
p.m.
WHERE: MUG room, Michi-
gan Union
CORRECTIONS
- A crime note yesterday
(Sleeper hooked near Fish-
bowl) mistakedly said the
Washtenaw County Sheriff
Department arrested a sub-
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department on an outstand-
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found trying to cross into
the U.S. over the Niagara
River in a rubber raft, canada.
com reported. He claimed he
was trying to pay a credit card
bill in Buffalo but wasn't able
to drive because of a legal dis-
pute with the Canadian gov-
ernment.
An 18-year-old was
arrested in Aurora, Colo.
for impersonating a police
officer in his Nissan, The Rocky
Mountain News reported. The
car didn't have license plates.
This week, Speaker of
the House Nancy Pelosi,
e-mailed her 2007 calen-
dar to democratic offices, the
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
reported. It commemorates the
anniversary of Vice President
Dick Cheney shooting a friend.
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