2A - Monday, April 16, 2007 MONDAY: The E xtremist WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: Before You Were Here Campus Characters TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes FRIDAY: Explained The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com E KARL STAMPFL ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734,647-3336 734-764-0501 stampflyhnihigaozdailyenwm floydg reirandaily.eam te 6 OYEE HO HA WORKED AT THE UNIVERSITY THE LONs Afer6 year s, the organist plays on After 60 years of teaching at the University, School of Music Prof. Marilyn Mason has a long list of accomplishments. Mason was the first female organist to perform at Westminster Abbey. She performed at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. She has traveled to Brazil, Colombia and Egypt teachingthe organ. And Mason has worked at the University longer than any other employee, according to data pro- vided by the University's Office of Human Resources. James Craven, a conservator in the Bentley Historical Library, is the second-most veteran Univer- sity employee. He has worked at the University for 58 years. Although Mason, the chair of the University's organ department, has worked at the University since before many of her students' par- ents were born, she said she has no intention to retire. Mason said she has witnessed many changes to campus and the city of Ann Arbor since she first came to the University as an under- graduate. For example, there are far more coffee houses along State Street than there were when she first came, she said. Mason said she has loved Ann Arbor ever since she walked down State Street during her first night in town. She said students have changed considerably since she first started teaching in 1947. Mason said many of her first pupils were World War II veterans studying at the Univer- sity under the GI Bill. It was while teaching at the Uni- versity in the late 1940s that Mason met her first husband, a fellow pro- fessor who had recently returned from wartime service. Mason said today's students take School of Music Prof. Marilyn Mason at her organ on Friday. Mason has worked at the University since 1947, longer than any other employee. She said she does not have plans to retire. CRIME NOTES Students take late-night dip in swimming pool WHERE: Don Canham Nata- torium, 500 E. Hoover St. WHEN: Saturday at about 2:45 a.m. WHAT: Four University stu- dents were caught in the swim- ming pool after hours, DPS reported. Two of the students were cited for minor in posses- sion of alcohol and taken into custody. The other two were escorted out of the building and released. The students were all at least partially clothed when found in the pool. Man flees to shirk taxi fare WHERE: University Hospital WHEN: Saturday at about 1 p.m. WHAT: A man who was about 30 years old ran away from a cab driver to avoid paying his CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES $45 fare, DPS reported, The Book release man was later found. Vandal crams and lecture coins in doors WHERE: Bursley Residence Hall WHEN: Saturday at about 11:50 a.m. WHAT: An unknown subject pushed coins into the card readers of several doors on the fourth floor of Bursley's Bartlett House, DPS reported. Determined pianist booted from Law Quad WHERE: Law Quad WHEN: Thursday at about 8 p.m. WHAT: A man not affiliated with the University was found playing the piano in a lounge. He refused to leave the build- ing, DPS reported. He was escorted out of the building. WHAT: A lecture by about medical technology and health care WHO: Public Policy Prof. Shobita Parthasarathy WHEN: Today at 4 p.m. WHERE: Annenberg Audito- rium, Weill Hall Orchestra performance WHAT: A concert with piec- es by University composers WHO: University Philharmo- nia Orchestra WHEN: Today at 8p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium Film about the Holocaust WHAT: A screening of "Play- ing for Time," a1980 movie about musicians in Nazi con- centration camps WHO: Ann Arbor District Library WHEN: Today at 6 p.m. WHERE: Ann Arbor District Library, 343 S. Fifth St. Voice concert WHAT: "World Voice Day," featuring voice performances WHO: The School of Music, Theatre and Dance WHEN: Today at 3 p.m. WHERE: McIntosh Theatre, E.V. Moore Building CORRECTIONS " A photo on the front page of Friday's Daily was miscredited to Peter Schottenfels. It should have been credited to Marty Kinnavy. * A story in Friday's Daily page (Off campus, a greater risk for fire) said the house at 730 Arbor Street burned down in October 2005. It burned down in September 2005. Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. :heir studies more seriously and are more goal-oriented than their >arents and grandparents. She said >reparing her students for the pro- fessional world has been one of her tain goals throughout her 60 years >f teaching. Mason said she has remained at :he University for her whole career because of strong relationships with :olleagues and students. She prides herself on providing her students eith a high-quality education while >reparingthem for careers, she said. Mason said several of her stu- dents have gone on to take teaching nd administrative roles at colleg- as including Harvard University, Emory University and the Univer- ity of North Carolina. Mason has also traveled exten- ively as an organist. She now >erforms about 25 times per year around the United States. JOHN SLOAN T HIREE TINGS5 YOUi 1A man stole $140 in cash and800 pornographic mov- ies from a Pontiac, Mich. adult bookstore on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. The movies were worth about $22,000, police said. homeless man is run- ning for the mayor of. Naperville, Ill., the Naperville Sun reported. The man said he wants to fix the system he said made him homeless in the first place. Research conducted by professors at the Univer- sity of Landau in Ger- many has shown that bees will not return to their hives if cell phones are nearby, The Inde- pendentreported. Researchers say this could be an explana- tion for Colony Collapse Dis- order, which has mysteriously killed off thousands of hives in the United States. 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