The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Wednesday, January 10, 2007 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained Trapped Playwright might not approve of theater's home The University's newly con- structed Charles Walgreen Jr. Drama Center houses the only theatre in the world to bear the name of University and Michigan Daily alum Arthur Miller. Located on North Campus, the center houses the School of Music as well as the Department of The- atre and Drama. Miller was a passionate critic of the anti-Communist hysteria that gripped American life through- out much of the first half of the 20th century. His most famous play, "The Crucible," pilloried the witch hunts led by Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy. In 1956, Miller refused to testify before the House Un-American Activi- ties Committee that sought to expose "subversives" around the country. But now Miller will be for- ever linked to Charles Walgreen Sr., a man who was very much a part of the movement that Miller decried. According to The New York Times, the elder Walgreen, the founder of the Walgreen Drug Company, withdrew his niece from the University of Chica- go in April 1935, citing "com- munistic" influences at the school. After the Illinois state leg- islature investigated the University and the firing of a pro- fessor, though, Walgreen donated $550,000 to the University of Chi- cago in June 1955 for the estab- lishment ofwhat the Times called an "institute to study American principles." The well-publicized proceed- ings may have inspired "Honors at Dawn," a play Miller wrote in 1937 while at the University of Michigan. He won a his second The Walgreen Drama Center, which houses the Theatre. CRIME NOTES Computer stolen WHERE: School of Den- tistry WHEN: Monday at about 3:15 p.m. WHAT: A gray Dell 600M laptop computer valued at $700 was stolen from a female student's desk, the Department of Public Safety reported. The student left her laptop unattended, police said. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Hopwood Award for the play. Its plot mirrors the University of Chicago incident. In the play, a businessman promises to give money to a uni- versity for a construction project. But he becomes reluctant when he hears about a radical profes- sor stirring up labor trouble. The businessman decides that until the professor is dismissed, he won't give any more money to the university. The university admin- istration gives in and fire the pro- fessor. Walgreen's son, also named Charles and a University alum, donated $10 million for the con- struction of the new facility. EMILYANGELL This item was inspired by a post on urbanoasis.org/blog, a blogpub- lished by Taubmann student Dale Winling. The Diversity Blueprints task force is holding its first public forum at 4 p.m. today in Sheldon Auditorium in the Towsley Center at the Medical School. University administrators created the task force to discuss plans for maintaining diversity on cam- pus after Proposal 2's passage. The Michigan Student Assembly will host a forum on textbook prices at 6p.m. today in the Pendelton Room in the Michigan Union. The event will feature a panel of students and faculty. A private high school for girls in Japan will now test applicants' ability to properly use chopsticks along with mthematicssnd lan- guage, The Associated Press reported. 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com DONN M.FRESARD ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 fresardjni"higa "'daily.eo' flayd@michigandailycam CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom Office hours:Sun.-!hors.11a. .-32 am. 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Hip-hop dance auditions WHAT: Tryouts for an international hip-hop dance company WHO: Dance 2XS WHEN: Today from 7 p.m. to midnight WHERE: Anderson Room, Michigan Union Lecture on women in Azerbaijan WHAT: A speech on the independent minds and active participation of Azerbaijani women WHO: Sahiba Gafarova, an Azerbaijani graduate student WHEN: Today from 8 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Lane Hall, Room 2239 Speech on sexual abuse WHAT: A speech titled "Boys to Men: Histories of Childhood Sexual Abuse, life Course, and Sexual Risk." WHO: William Holmes, doc- tor from University of Penn- sylvania School of Medicine WHEN: Today at 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Vaughan Public Health Building Concerto competition WHAT: Finals for concerto competition. WHO: University students WHEN: Today at 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium CORRECTIONS Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. . Trespassing at Student knocks Science Building head on bed WHERE: Baits Houses WHEN: Monday at about 8:40 p.m. WHAT: A female student hit hir head onsbunk bed, DPS reported. Police took her to the University Emergency Room. WHERE: Biomedical Science Building WHEN: Tuesday at about 8:30 a.m. WHAT: A caller reported a possible trespasser not affili- ated with the University in the building, DPS reported. Police could not locate the alleged trespasser. Wildfire danger lurks in Malibu New troops to deploy by month's end a MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - The blue Pacific lapped at the shore as Suzanne Somers poked through charred rubble. "It was a beautiful house; it was a beautiful place to live," the actress told reporters yesterday. The morning after the brief but fierce wildfire destroyed or dam- aged several multimillion-dollar beach homes was the kind of da that feeds the desire to live in Mali bu, despite its long history of devas tating fires. "We'll rebuild," Somers pledged "I reallythinkthatwe'lllearnsome thing great from this, and what els can you do with a tragedy but loo for the opportunity to grow spiritu ally and emotionally?" y s- >e Bush to outline new Iraq plan tonight inniprci u uninn-cz- ur 11vul wL'y ul iiulzi almost as Good as k WASHINGTON (AP) - The - first of up to 20,000 additional U.S. troops will move into Iraq by the end of the month under Presi- - dent Bush's new war plan, a senior defense official said yesterday. Congressional Democrats scram- bled for the best way to challenge an increase they said would simply cause more bloodshed. Details of a gradual military buildup emerged a day before Bush's planned speech to the nation, in which he is also expect- ed to propose increased econom- ic aid to shore up the shattered country after nearly four years of bloodshed. Bush is expected to link the troop increase to promised steps by the Iraqi government to build up its own military, ease the country's murderous sectarian tensions, increase reconstruction and enact a plan to distribute oil revenues among the country's reli- gious sects. The president spent time yes- terday meeting with lawmakers, practicing his speech and briefing key foreign allies, including calls to the leaders of Britain, Australia and Denmark. Under Bush's plan, thousands of troops will be alerted that they may be needed in Iraq _ includ- ing units already there whose service would be extended, or others that could be sent earlier than initially scheduled, said the official, who requested anonym- ity because the plans have not yet been announced. Moving first into Iraq would be the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, which is now in Kuwait and poised to head quickly into the country, the defense official said. The brigade, which num- bers about 3,500, is based at Fort Bragg, N.C. Other units, including Marine brigades in western Iraq, could be asked to extend their deploy- ment. And the military buildup is also likely to include moving the aircraft carrier USS John C. Sten- nis into the Persian Gulf region, as a show of force and a warning to Iran and Syria. There are already about 132,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. According to the defense offi- cial, Bush also will discuss the need to address how often the Pen- tagon can tap the National Guard and Reserves, although he may provide few details. And Bush will again endorse the need to increase the size of the Army and Marine Corps. The speech looms as a key one for Bush, who is beginning the final two years of his presidency waging a war that has scant public support and whose own popular- ity has plummeted as well. The public has heard several previous campaigns by Bush to defend his Iraq policies and show that he is changing with changing circumstances, but conditions in the country have not improved. Since the war's start in March 2003, there have been at least seven public relations offensives by Bush on the war, with some of these speech series timed to mile- stone events and others to dips in polls. M University Unions [we want what's best for you.] - -'I lE best of ann arbor 2007 vote online now! www.michigandaily.comlaabest i I