2A - Monday, October 22, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 4 FRIDAY: 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to receive the next day another e-mail explaining that the acceptance let- ters had been sent by mistake and had been withdrawn.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. 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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 let was set on fire intentionally. a m.,, . ..7 . . + ,., l_ ,,ownz Ultimatec am " KnowinaUltgmatavSuccese e h ol 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. nFOR MORE. SEE MICH IGANDAILY.COM/TH EWI RE With a road win over Northwestern, the Mich- igan field hockey team clinched a Big Ten Champion- ship yesterday. ">FOR MORE, SEE SPORTSMONDAY 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. 4 n- 's 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 CORRECTIONS Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. 0 a BOLDNESS CHANGES EVERYTHING 0 ArcelorMittal Do you believe in the power of boldness? Those who are transforming the steel industry do. ArcelorMittal is the world's leading - and only truly global - steelmaker. We have grown five- fold since 2001 and have played the leading role in revitalizing the steel industry. Today, powered by extraordinary demand worldwide, steel has become one of the fastest growing industries in the world. 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