2 - Friday, January 25, 2008 MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: The Extremist The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Explained Before You Were Here M g ai 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.tnichigandaily.com KARL STAMPFL DAVID GOH Editor in Chief Business Manager j 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 A n n s EtorniChiAf Buspness Mandaiy.coni gobCichigadaiyco CANTACT INFnVRAAT11nN Gangs of. Tensions between the town and gown have always been just under the surface in Ann Arbor, but few examples of that relationship are more extreme than an 1856 standoff that escalated to include battering rams, muskets and plenty of spilled beer before a peace settlement was reached. "The Dutch War," as it is inexplic- itly called in the University's Ency- clopedic Survey and The Making of the University of Michigan: 1817-1992 by Howard Peckman, began inno- cently enough. One night, Jacob Hangsterfer, the proprietor of a popular student hangout on the corner of Main Street and Washington Street, kicked two rowdy students out of his shop. But the students were not about to let the incident go. The next night, this time with reinforcements and cries of"revenge or beer," they returned demanding that Hangsterfer give the crowd free drinks or "take the consequences." When Hangsterfer refused to give in, the students charged, drawing knives and clubs And smashing kegs, furniture and windows. As the mob chased the bar's patrons from the building, police stopped the students but did not arrest them. The con- frontation was far from over. A few days later, several students returned to Hangsterfer's for a party hosted by the Alpha Nu Literary Society. Growing restless and itch- ing to get even, they decided to crash a town dance going on down the street at another popular watering hole - Binder's Saloon. The group of six students snuck into the dance through a back win- dow and proceeded to drain the More than140 student groups recruited new members yesterday afternoon at Winterfest, an annual fair held in the Michigan Union. CRIME NOTES 'Parking fraud ,committed at hospital WHERE: M-18 carport, 1600 E. Medical Center Dr. WHEN: Wednesday at about 7:30 p.m. WHAT: A female hospital employee tried to fradulently * get her parking pass validated for a discounted rate, the * Department of Public Safety said. Police are currently investigating the case. DVD player :taken from :Hutchins Hall 'WHERE: Hutchins Hall, Law eSchool WHEN: Wednesday at about 6 p.m. WHAT: A combination VCR and DVD player was stolen from Hutchins Hall, DPS reported. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Police have no suspects. High school class ring stolen WHERE: Bursley Hall WHEN: Wednesday at about 5:30 p.m. WHAT: A high school class ring' was stolen from Bursley Hall, DPS reported. Police have no suspects. Textbook stolen from Duderstadt Center WHERE: Duderstadt Center, 2281 Bonisteel Boulevard WHEN: Wednesday at 2 p.m. WHAT: A textbook was stolen from the Duderstadt Center on North Campus, DPS reported. The textbook was left unat- tended between 1:40 p.m. and 2 p.m. 'were unable to locate the subjects. MLK, Jr. WHERE: Burton Memorial Tower nattended refreshments. The stu- ents were notvery stealth, however, .nd were soon discovered. Five of the students ran, but one vas caught and turned over to the roprietor of Binder's, who demand- :d a $10 ransom for the prisoner's elease. Infuriated, the students sum- noned a mob and returned to the aloon armed with muskets and hree large logs, which they planned o use as battering rams. Binder immediately let his captive ;o, but swore to turn the six students n to the police. The students evaded arrest by lay- ng low and threatening to uncover inder's business selling alcohol to ninors. Binder soon withdrew his omplaint, ending the war. KELLY FRASER Democratic presiden- tial candidate'X Dennis Kucinich announced yes- terday he was abandoning his bid for the presidency, The Cleveland Plain Dealer report- ed. Kucinich said he will not endorse another candidate and will continue to serve in Con- gress. The top-ranked Michigan hockey team hosts No. 6 Michigan State tonight at Yost Arena. The last time these two teams met, Michi- gan knocked off MSU 5-2 in the CCHA semifinals. FOR MORE, SEE PAGE 8 A stock trader at French bank Societe tenerale singlehandedly inflicted $7 billion worth of losses with a series of undetected bad stock bets, Reuters reported yesterday. The incident is one of the.worst trading scandals in history. 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