2A - Thursday, March 29, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes Before You Were Here Campus Characters Explained TEL ATE-SeFTLIBRARIAN un The pagsemaster Volunteering leaves Ken Bawcom too busy to read As students enter the Undergrad- uate Library for late-night studying, they cannot take the stairs, wait for the elevator or walk through the first floor area without passing Ken Bawcom. His 6-foot frame, warm eyes and graying beard are filled with travels, culture and knowl- edge. Bawcom is more a renaissance man. Bawcom, a University alum, was a self-employed carpenter for 30 years. While managing a building on Oak- land Avenue, heused thebasementto build furniture for the U Club restau- rant in the Michigan Union and for the Campus Inn. When he developed rheumatoid arthritis, however, he couldn't con- tinue working. He started working for the University because it offered health insurance coverage, he said. "I started working for the library on Nov. 22, 1999," he said. Bawcom said he remembered the date because it was the anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. In his six and half years with the library, Bawcom has witnessed numerous late-night antics, like finding drunk students lying on the library's bathroom floors. But in a recent interview he did not want to tell more stories lest they give the University and students a bad reputation. Bawcom is a traveling man. His father, an administrator in an oil company, moved his family to and from the oil-rich countries of the Middle East and Latin American. Bawcom lived in Iran and Venezu- ela before settling in Mount Pleasant - an oil-rich area of Michigan - and attendingthe University. Over the past 19 years, Bawcom has made sure to participate in local cultural events. At the Ann Arbor Film Festival, he has managed the hospitality room and helped with event programming. He is also the official photogra- pher for Dance Camp, in charge of the ride calendar for the Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society and a worker at the Wheatland Music Festival and Blues and Jazz Festival. Bawcom also goes on bicycle tours around the Yucatan Peninsula. His love for archeology and bicycling has compelled him to go back four times. With all that action, Bawcom said he is too busy to take out books from library. In his youth, however, Bawcom was a voracious reader. He said he would read one and half science fiction books per day on average and collected over $16,000worth of Marvel Comic Books. Now, he is left with one - a signed issue of Captain Marvel. PHILIPAZACHI - Knowa campus character worthy of a profile? E-mail suggestions to news@ michlgaondaily.com. 413 E. 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Bike, lock stolen from West Quad WHERE: West Quadrangle WHEN: Tuesday at about 11:30 p.m. WHAT: A student reported her bike and bike lock stolen FromThe blikevracls outside of the building, DPS reported. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES 6 I 6 I Student falls out Lecture on U.S. of chair, injures policy in the knee Middle East WHERE: School of Educa- tion, 601 E. University Ave. WHEN: Tuesday at about 11:00 a.m. WHAT: A student slipped out of her chair and injured her knee in the process, DPS reported. iPod stolen from treadmill WHERE: Intramural Sports Building WHEN: Tuesday at about noon WHAT: A white video iPod was stolen from a treadmill in the cardiovascular room, DPS reported. Police have no suspects. WHAT: Edward Walker, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, will discuss American foreign policy in the Middle East. WHO: Ford School of Public Policy WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: Annenberg Audito- rium, Weill Hall Poetry fiction reading WHAT: Laura Kasischke and Michael Byers will read poetry and fiction. WHO: Department of English Language and Literature WHEN: Today at 5 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Amphi- theatre Philharmonia concert WHAT: A Campus Philhar- monia Orchestra performance WHO: Campus Philharmonia Orchestra WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: McIntosh Theatre, E.V. Moore Building CORRECTIONS + A photo caption on yester- day's front page identified Car- son Butler's attorney James L. Galen, Jr. as Michigan football player Christian Richards. + Monday's front page story about Dance Marathon (After 10 years, dancegoes on) included a description of an event that did not take place. Although organizers discussed having someone jump out of a cake, no one did so. - Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. Actor Kal Penn won his role in "The Namesake" because Director Mira Nair's son liked him in "Har- old and Kumar Go to White Castle." ,> FOR MORE, SEE B-SIDE, PAGE 3B A man in Florida was arrested after authorities found a video in a stolen car of the man showing off dozens of stolen items, includ- ing scuba gear, a knife set and an X-Box, WFTV Channel 9 in Orlando reported. After sending marriage advertisements around the world, the world's tallest human being, Bao Xis- hun, who is 79", married a woman from his hometown of Chifeng, China, The Associ- ated Press reported. Xishun's bride is half of his'age and more than 2 feet shorter. DISCOVER THE REAL MEANING OF wild and wonderful. 4