2A - Wednesday, March14, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes ARCH ANGEL THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained When life wasn't a highway Think it's hard to own a car on campus? It was a lot harder in the 1920s. In the early 1920s, University administrators were so annoyed by student-owned automobiles that they banned students from owning them outright. Administrators thought the new- fangled automobile gave students too much freedom. Students could escape the strict rules on campus and drive away to speakeasies or makeout sessions. University officials had always been suspicious of the new inven- tion and the mobility it offered. Marion Burton, the University's fifth president, called them frivo- lous, according to the University's Encyclopedic Survey, a database of University history. In 1923 the Board of Regents decided to take official action to combat the threat of the automo- bile. The board passed a resolution extraordinary cases." that officially discouraged all stu- Two police officers were dedi- dents from bringing automobiles to cated to patrolling the streets of campus. Ann Arbor looking for students vio- The resolution was largely inef- latingthe ban. fectivethough- students continued The ban spurred backlash from bringingtheir vehicles to campus as many students who saw it as an late as 1926. The University admin- insult to their maturity and an istration said student-owned auto- attempt by administrators to act mobiles "distracted students from as surrogate parents. In one early the purposes for which they came protest, students mocked adminis- to the University," the Encyclopedic trators by turning the Diag into a Survey said. roller-skating rink and declaring, In 1926 the University forbade "If we can't ride, we'll roll," The underclassmen - or upperclass- Michigan Daily reported at the men who had received below a "C" time. in any class - from using an auto- Student attitudes towards the mobile while class was in session. ban shifted over time, though. Students also had to register their A Daily poll from 1933 found that vehicles with the dean of students. students agreed with the ban by a But administrators continued ratio of three to one. to view automobiles as a threat to The University gradually relaxed campus. In fall of 1927, the Univer- the car ban over the years, butit was sity decided to ban motor vehicles not totally repealed until 1968. outright except in "exceptional and JAMES DEAN PETER SCHOTTENFELS/Daily Ann Arbor resident Tyler Price performs original songs under the Engin Arch yesterday. Price is a member of a local band called Seeds in the Wind. 413 E. 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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Intoxicated man Showing of Will passes out near 'M' on Diag WHERE: The Diag WHEN: Monday at about 8:15 p.m. WHAT: An intoxicated man passed out near the Block M in the center of the Diag, DPS reported. He left before police arrived. Man sleeping on bench removed from laboratory WHERE: Randall Laboratory WHEN: Yesterday at about 4:45 a.m. WHAT: A man not affili- ated with the University was found sleeping on a bench near Randall Lab's glass wall. He was removed from the building and cited for trespassing. Smith movie WHAT: A screeningof "The Pursuit of Happyness" WHO: University Unions Arts and Programs WHEN: Today at 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Michigan League Ballroom Afro-Caribbean tap dance show WHAT: A caribbean-influ- enced tap dance performance by New York's Tomango WHO: University Musical Society WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Theater Forum on HPV vaccinations WHAT: A forum discussing the bill proposed in the state Legislature that would man- date thatHPYvaccinations be administered to all girls enter- ing sixth grade. WHO: The Ethics in Public Life Initiative WHEN: Today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Ann Arbor District Library, 343 South Fifth Ave. Poetry reading WHAT: A free poetry read- ing by Irish writer Dennis O'Driscoll WHO: Department of English Language and Literature WHEN: Today at 5 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Amphi- theatre CORRECTIONS " A story on Thursday's front page (Amidstrife, Coke exec speaks at 'U') incorrectly stat- ed that Ed Potter, Coca-Cola's global relations director, is headingthe International Labor Organization's inves- tigation of Coke's alleged human rightsviolation. He is the U.S. employer delegate to the ILO. Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandailycom. Julie Nemecek, a trans- gender professor who filed a discrimination suit after being fired by Spring Arbor University, has reached an undisclosed settlement with the college, The Associated Press report- ed yesterday. According to Univer- sity researchers, obese patients are more likely to suffer complications after surgery. Infection of the surgery site, one of the most common post-surgical com- plications, occurred almost twice as often in obese patients. A 91-year-old German man was rescued yes- terday by firemen after he became stuck to a roof, Reuters reported. He had been fixing his roof when he slipped and got trapped in tar. He was not injured. 0 0 U U Gain real world experience at FRESHMEN! SUMMER SOPHOMORES!. AND FALL JUNIORS! * INTERNSHIPS al Come by and pick up an application at the Student Publications Building TODAY!! Student Publications Building / 413 E. Huron Application Deadline extended: March 14, 2007 Call 734-764-0554 for more information 0 0