2A - Thursday, October 4, 2007 FS The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Thursday, October 4, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Portrait of a building One of the University's la: est donors, Horace Rackha accumulated his wealth in p by being in the right place at t right time. A lawyer in the Detroit at Rackham accumulated his wea by an investment in his neighb< company. His neighbor happened to Henry Ford. Ford convinced Ra ham to invest in his automol company in 1903. Rackham beca Ford's first investor when he t< out a loan of $5,000 and bought : shares of the company. A few years later, Rackham q his law practice and began spend his time overseeing his fortunea philanthropic projects. One of Rackham's several gifts the University came in the form the Rackham Building. Today, Art-Deco building houses admit trative offices, an art gallery, sti lounges, conference rooms and t CRIME NOTES Dirty money claim victims WHERE: West Quad WHEN: Tuesday at about11 p.m. WHAT: Two men defecated on dollar bills and then threw the money out of a dormitory win- dow, the Department of Public Safety reported. The caller watched people pick up the money. The incident is being handled by housing staff. Caller spots graffiti artist WHERE:800 block of South University Avenue WHEN: Tuesday at about 6:30 a.m. WHAT: A man was spotted spray painting "Who's got it?" in black paint on eight cement pillars near the Shapiro Undergraduate Library, DPS reported. Maintenance was notified. The man, who was gone when officers arrived, did auditoriums. Construction of the building began in 1936 and was completed in June of 1938. Thirty buildings, many of them students' houses, had to be demolished to make room for the school. The project was funded by money from a $6.5 million gift to the University from Rackham. Two and a half million dollars of the gift was spent on the build- ing, while the other $4 million was used to establish an endowed research fund. In his will, Rackham established the Horace H. Rackham and Mary A. Rackham Fund to advance higher education and research. At the time of his death in 1933, the fund had more than $14 million in it. Donations from the fund are still given to the University each year. The site of Rackham also hadan interesting history prior to the con- struction of the building. The land between Huron Street and East Washington Street served as the state's first Jewish cemetery. The cemetery was established in 1848 next to the public cemetery and was run by the Jews Society of Ann Arbor. In 1900 the remains of those bur- ied in the cemetery were re-interred in the Forest Hill Cemetery on Observatory Street. The Beth Israel Congregation and the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan placed a. state his- torical marked in the northeast corner of the property to com- memorate the original cemetery site in 1983. In addition, to the building, Hor- ace Rackham gave several other gifts to the University, including $100,000 for graduate student loans and his personal collection of law books. KYLE SWANSON BtN SIMON/Daily The facade of the Rackham Building. Made of Indiana limestone and completed in the summer of 1938, it houses the Rackham Graduate School. |TH REE THINGS YOU Che fiidhiigan Daily 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com KARL STAMPFL DAVID GOH Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-333 734-764-0580 stampfl@michigandaily.com goh@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom Officehours:Sun.-Thurs.11a.m. -2a.m. 734-763-2459 News Tips newsgmichigandly.om torrections correciongmichiandaiy.om Letters tothe Editor tothedaily@michigandaily.com PhotographyDepartment photo@michigandaily.com 734-764-0563 ArtsSection artspage@michigandaily.com Editorial Page opinion@michigandaity.com 734-763-0379 SportsSection sports@michigandaily.com DisplaySales display@michigandaily.com 734-764-0ss4 Classified Sales classifed@michigandaily.com Online Sales onlineads@michigandaily.com 734-61s-0135 Finance finance@michigandaily.com 734-763-3246 EDITORIAL STAFF Jeffrey Bloomer ManagingEditor bloomer@michigandaily.com Andrew Grossman Managing News Editorgrossman@michigandaily.com NEWSEDITORS:KellyFraser,ChrisHerring,DaveMekelburg,GabeNelson Imran Syed Editorial Page Editor syed@michigandaily.com ASSOCIATE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS: Gary Graca, Emarie Hueten,Theresa Kennely ASSISTANTEDITORS:KevinBunkley,RachelWagner Scott Bell ManagingSports Editor bell@michigandaily.com SENIOR SPORTS EDITORS: H. Jose Bosch, Dan Bromwich, Nate Sandals, Jack Herman, Kevin Wright SPORTS NIGHT EDITORS: Mike Eisenstein, Dan Feldman, Mark Giannotto,, Courtney Ratkowiak, Ian Robinson, Andy Reid Andrew SargsKlein Managing Arts Editor klein@michigandaily.com ASSOCIATE ARTS EDITORS:KimberlyChou,Caroline Hartmann ARTSSUBEDITORS:AbigailB.Colodner, ChrisGaerig,MichaelPassman,PaulTassi AngelaCesereManagingtPhotoEditor cesere@michigandaily.com PeterSdotteontsManingho Edis ottenfels@michigandaily.com ASSISTANTPHOTOEDITORS:Jeremy Cho, Zachary Meisner, EmmaNolan-Abrahamian BridgetO'DonnellianagingDesignEditor odonnell@michigandaily.com ASSOCIATEDESIGNEDITORS:LisaGentile,AllisonGhaman Tom HaynesManagingonlineEditor haynes@michigandaily.com ASSOCIATE ONLINE EDITORS: AngelaCesere Anne VanderMey Magazine Editor vandermey@michigandaily.com ASSISTANT EDITOR:JessicaVosgerchian Peter ScfottenfelsMultimediaEditor schottenfels@michigandaily.com Katherine Mitchell copy chief titchell@michigandaily.com Paullolnson Public Editor publiceditor@umich.edu BUSINESS STAFF David Dai Display AdvertisingSales Manager David Reile classified salesManager Classified Sales Assistant Manager: Elaina Bughi Hailey Swartz OnlineSalesManager Rob Abb Layout Manager Chelsea Hoard Production Manager Margaret Lim Finance Manager FINANCE ASSISTANT MANAGER: Daniel Cheung The Michigan Daily(SSN0745-967)is published Mondaythrough Friday during the fall and winter terms by studentsat the University of Michigan. One copy is available freeof charge toallreaders.Additionalcopiesmaybe pickedupat the Daily'sofficefor $2.SubscriptionsforfalltermstartinginSeptember,viaU.S.mailare$110.Winter term (Januarythrough April)is$115,yearlong(Septemberthrough Aprlis$195.University affiliates are subect to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions for fall em an $35. Suhcsiption mud e prepaid.The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Pressand The Associated ollegiate Press. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES about $200 of damage. Donation jar stolen from carillon WHERE: Burton Memorial Tower WHEN: Tuesday at about 12:45 p.m. WHAT: A donation jar con- taining $30 was stolen, DPS reported. An investigation is ongoing, the suspects in the case wrote their names on a sign-in sheet for the building. Eight pillows, bucket taken from hospital WHERE: University Hospital WHEN: Tuesday at 8 a.m. WHAT: Hospital security called to report that someone stole eights pillows and a buck- et, DPS reported. Police have no suspects. Job fair 2007 WHAT: The second day of a job fair featuring more than 90 companies. Students must bring their MCards. WHO: Career Center WHEN: Today from 2 to 6 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Union Yoga workshop WHAT: A yoga and media- tion session. Beginners are welcome. A $3 donation is suggested. WHO: Yoga and Vedic Wis- dom Society WHEN: Today from 8to 9:15 p.m. WHERE: Michigan Room, Michigan League Poetry reading WHAT: Poet Richard Jack- son will read. WHO: Zell Visiting Writers Series WHEN: Today at 5 p.m. WHERE: Rackham Amphi- theatre, Rackham Building NAACP leader . to talk on race WHAT: A lecture titled "The Betrayal of Brown: The Struggle Over the Place of Race in America." WHO: Theodore Shaw, the outgoing director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund WHEN: Today at 9 a.m. WHERE: Mendelssohn The- ater, Michigan League CORRECTIONS . The cover photo and pho- tos on the centerspread of yesterday's Career Section (What will the next president do for stem cell research?) were miscredited. They were taken by Clif Reeder. " Please report any error in the Daily to correc- tions@michigandaily.com. SHOULD KN TDAY A miniature dachshund discovered a 2-million year-old fossilized mam- moth bone on an English beach, the Daily Mail report- ed. The dog, Daisy, could not dig up the 8 lb. section of thigh bone by herself - she needed the help of her owner to com- pletely unearth the find. The industry standard turnable for a working D.J. is the Thechnics SL- 1200. *FOR MORE, SEE THE B-SIDE The U.S. Air Force called off the search for adven- turer Steve Fossett yes- terday, ABC News reported. Fossett' single-engine plane has been missing since Sept. 4, when he did not land on his private airstrip in Nevada as expected. KAUST Discovery Scholarship Full scholarships for science and technology students The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), a 21st century graduate-level, research university, is offering scholarships for future leaders in science, engineering, and technology. The benefits of the KAUST Discovery Scholarship include: * Full tuition at current institution * Living stipend, book and computer allowance " Upon graduation, admission and full scholarship for the KAUST master's degree program at the University's Red Sea campus The KAUST campus opens in September 2009. Highly talented students with one to three years remaining in first university degree programs can apply now. U a .r ixs ard -g _.. C h a e n . x c i1tin g. I Meet Deloitte's Consultants Monday, October 8 at 6 p.m. at the Michigan Union, Pendleton Room iy l a'.r, ( +tCt'id Ill slnles, t('(hnl ogy l f, , nI humran (apitI (Ilibitiog, this clftllh jI the' start Of di t'xcitlng career! I p eik Forward tl iri ig What wV dO, how w do it, and wat it uan i-iii \urf rh( ht d c to l , , , and we'd love to talk to you! 0 Visit www.kaust.edu.sa/discovery, or email scholarships@kaust.edu.sa.