.I 2A - Monday, February 19, 2007 MONDAY: The E xtremist TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY:- Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained This really old house The worn, creaky floorboards historic building shouldn't be on the second story of Burnham destroyed, the University offered House betray the building's his- Burnham House to any University toric past. unit that would pay to move the Burnham House, which guards house. Nichols Arboretum decided the Washington Heights entrance to to turn the venerable building into Nichols Arboretum, is the Universi- an education center. ty's oldestbuilding. Construction on "We thought, 'Well, hey, let's the building started in 1837, the year rescue an old building,' " said April the University moved from Detroit Pickrel, business operations coordi- to Ann Arbor. nator for the Arb. The 170-year-old building now On Feb.8,1998,Burnham House houses the Arboretum's James D. was lifted onto a flatbed truck and Reader Jr. Urban Environmental taken to its current location out- Education Center. side the Arb. Traffic was blocked The building was originally locat- for hours as the 210-ton house ed on Wall Street, near the medical rolled down East Medical Center campus. It was a boarding house Drive at about 3 mph, The Michi- until 1968, when it was converted gan Daily reported at the time. into doctor's offices. Construction teams were on hand In the mid-1990s, the University in case the building fell apart in purchased Burnham House with transit. the intention of tearing it down to Burnham House increased inter- make room for a parking lot. est in the Hill neighborhood and After locals argued that the made the entrance to the Arbore- tum safer, she said. "There has been an increase in good visitor activity and a decrease in illicit visitor activity," Pickrel said. "It seems more welcoming." Burnham House underwent more than a year of renovations before it opened in 1999. It now serves as an education center with administra- tive offices, classrooms and a con- ference room. Two tenants - at least one of which must be a graduate student at the University - live year-round in an apartment on the second floor. They don't pay rent, instead working 10 hours each week for the Arboretum and Botanical Gar- dens. Arb employees and visitors enjoy the building's old-fashioned charm, Pickrel said. "It's been really great to have a building with history," she said. KATHERINE MITCHELL The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com KARL STAMPFL ALEXISFLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 stampfl@michigandaily.com floyd@michigandailycom CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom Office hours:suna.Thurs. 11a.m. -2 an. 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Student vomits in Markley lobby WHERE: Mary Markley Resi- dence Hall WHEN: Friday at about 11:30 p.m. WHAT: A female University CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES student was found intoxicated and vomiting in the Markley lobby, DPS reported. Student splashes acid in eye WHERE: Natural Science Build- ing WHEN: Thursday at about 12:15 p.m. WHAT: A female student splashed acid in her eye, DPS reported. A Hazmat team cleaned the area and the stu- dent was taken to the Univer- sity Hospital. Loud snoring bothers students WHERE: School of Social Work WHEN: Thursday at about 11:00 a.m. WHAT: A man not affiliated with the University fell asleep and began snoring, DPS report- ed. He was removed from the building. Talk on women in apocrypha WHAT: A lecture called "Women and Marriage in the Dead Sea Scrolls" WHO: Rabbi Aharon Shem- esh of Bar Ilan University WHEN: Today from noon to 1 p.m. WHERE: Frankel Center for Judaic Studies Lecture on technology WHAT: A speech called "The End of Methodology" WHO: The University of Toronto's Brian Cantwell Smith WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: 1014 Tisch Hall Biology lecture WHAT: A lecture called "Polarity and Morphogene- sis," sponsored by the Genet- ics Department WHO: Jianbo Wang, a scien- tist of the University of Cali- fornia at San Diego WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: S91S Buhl Building Help for int'l taxpayers WHAT: An introduction to paying U.S. taxes for interna- tional students and faculty WHO: Rackham Graduate School WHEN: Today at 6i p.m. WHERE: Rackham Amphi- theatre CORRECTIONS t A photo in Friday's Daily (Dressed to grill) misidenti- fied street vendor Jorge Rasc6n as Jose Rasc6n. hPlease report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. Kiruna, a town of 23,000 people in northern Swe- den, is moving a few miles down the road because min- ing has brought the ground beneath the city close to col- lapse, The Washington Post reported. The Athletic Department released next year's offi- cial football schedule on Friday. The first game of the season will be against Divi- sion I-AA Appalachian State, on Sept. 1 at Michigan Sta- dium. ,FOR MORE, SEE SPORTSMONDAY The Malaysian govern- ment has begun offering prizes to motorcycle gang members who chase down thieves, Reuters reported. The prize for catching 30 thieves: a new motorbike. 0 0 Find internships and jobs. I Gain real world 0 0 FRESHMEN!. BUILD YOUR SOPHOMORES! JUNIORS! - RESM a Like Facebook for Wolverines Create or join groups Talk with friends Post pictures Get in today! umalumni.com/incircLe ALUMNIASSOCIATION UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Come by and pick up an application at the Student Publications Building TODAY!! Student Publications Building / 413 E. 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