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Here The Extremist
Flunking at spelunking
DIAG DOG
Three students at the University
of Texas at Austin were rescued
last week after getting lost in a
12,000-foot-long cave several miles
from campus, The Daily Texan
reported.
The students had told a friend to
notify the authorities if they hadn't
returned by the end of the day. They
were found by rescue workers about
32 hours after they entered the cave
and about 12 hours after a friend
reported the students missing.
The students, who are experi-
enced cavers, said they didn't return
on time because they became disori-
ented in a side passage about three
hours from the cave's entrance.
ADMITTING MISTAKES
Due to a computer error, 233
applicants to 15 graduate programs
at the University of Missouri at
Columbia were sent e-mails in late
September notifying them that
they had been admitted, only to
receive the next day another e-mail
explaining that the acceptance let-
ters had been sent by mistake and
had been withdrawn.
University officials said the stu-
dents affected by the glitch will
not be given special treatment in
the admissions process, prompting
some applicants to cry foul.
"Once a university makes a deci-
sion, they should not cancel it eas-
ily, like if you buy a stock or a house
or a car," said Hirotsugu Mizuno,
an applicant to the university's
graduate journalism program, to
the Columbia DailyTribune.
BANKING ON REPUTATION
A panel in Germany announced
Fridaythat six more German colleg-
es willibe considered "elite universi-
ties" when it comes to funding.
The country's nine "elite" institu-
tions will each receive an additional
$60 millionperyear forthe next five
years, Der Spiegel reported.
The German higher education
funding system is similar to an
approach advocated by the Universi-
ty of Michigan, Michigan State Uni-
versity and Wayne State University.
Those schools have asked Michigan
legislators to consider them sepa-
rately from the state's other public
universities during the appropria-
tions process because of the money
large research universities bring to
the state.
Some university administrators
in both Germany and Michigan
have said this type of system mar-
ginalizes other colleges.
REQUIRED VIEWING
According to a survey by
Michael Wesch, an assistant cul-
tural anthropology professor at
Kansas State University, students
in his classes do just under half of
assigned readers and consider a
little more than a quarter of their
readings relevant to their lives.
Wesch has posted a video on
youtube.com based on the findings
of his class.
To view the video, go to michi-
gandaily.com/thewire.
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CRIME NOTES
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Flaming toilet HmEN: Sunday at about 12:25 Domestic Talk on Chines
suspected to be dHATe:rAdmale stur wan violence rally cultural ideals
after another student called
case of arson to report the smell of pot in WHAT: A rally, part of WHAT: A lecture about
the hallway, DPS reported. Domestic Violence Aware- Chinese culture by Elizabet
WHERE: University Golf He was also cited for minor in ness Month Perry, president of the Asso-
Course possession of alcohol. Three WHO: Sexual Assault Pre- ciation for Chinese Studies
WHEN: Saturday at about 4:05 other students were in the vention and Awareness WHO: Center for Chinese
p.m. room, but none were cited for Center Studies
WHAT: A caller reported that violations. WHEN: Today from 11 a.m. WHEN: Today at 2 p.m.
a portable toilet ina restricted to 2 p.m. WHERE: Room 1636, Schoc
area of the golf course was on n class, book WHERE: The Diag of Education Building
fire, the Department of Public in
Safety reported. By the time
a fire crew arrived, the toi- taken from bag Simulations of Hip-hop party
let was "engulfed in flame,"
police said. The value of the hung on chair disability WHAT: A pre-release listen
toilet, which was completely ingparty for Little Brother'.
destroyed, was estimated at WHERE: Chemistry Building WHAT: A series of simula- new album Get Back
$1,000. Police auspectthe toi- WHEN: Friday at about 11:15 tions, called the "disability WHO: Fighting Obstacles
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1The Michigan Solar Car
Team's vehicle, Continu-
um, crashed into a crew
vehicle within the first hour
of the 2007 World Solar Chal-
lenge on Saturday. The team
plans to continue with the race
across Australia despite falling
a day behind the opposition.
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With a road win over
Northwestern, the Mich-
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clinched a Big Ten Champion-
ship yesterday.
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A South Carolina high
school student was
expelled last week for
bringing a butter knife to
school, ABC News 4 Charles-
ton reported. The student said
she had the knife because she
was making a sandwich and
accidentally took it when run-
ning to catch her morning bus.
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Student caught
with alcohol, pot
in Markley
WHERE: Mary Markley Resi-
dence Hall
a. L.
WHAT: A female student
called to report that a book was
stolen from her bag while the
bag was hanging on the back of
her chair, DPS reported. The
student was in class in one of
the building's labs at the time
and suspects that another spe-
cific member of the class stole
the book.
challenge,' about the chal-
lenges of being disabled and a
showcase of technology that
benefits the disabled
WHO: The Council for Dis-
ability Concerns
WHEN: Today from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
WHERE: 2nd Floor Triangle,
University Hospital
WHEN: Today from 8 to 10
p.m.
WHERE: Michigan League
Underground
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