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2 - Tuesday, February 5, 2008
MONDAY:
In Other Ivory To\
THURSDAY:
Explained
FRIDAY:
Before You Were Here
Hitting the south campus slopes THE HOME TEAM
After living on Prospect Street and
in close proximity to Sgt. Peppers for
the last nine months, I thought I had
seen it all, from rowdy students cut-
ting through my parking lot in pursuit
of one more keg to my neighbors run-
ning down the road at 2 a.m. toting lit
tiki torches.
But after returning from class on
a particularly snowy Friday morn-
ing, I looked out the window to see a
man perched on the street wearing
skis and decked out in black ski attire,
complete with poles in hand. After
readying himself in a manner similar
to that of an Olympic medalist, the
man pushed off.
His arms and legs propelled him
forward at an impressive speed and
by the time I found my camera, he had
disappeared around the corner.
Later that day my house mates
decided to go snowboarding up north.
I recommended they save themselves
the trip and head out to "Prospect
Mountain" instead.
EMILYANGELL
Dorm door defect
I live in a dorm room in East Quad,
which means that there's a fancy
magnetic keycard locks on my door.
Occasionally these locks break so spec-
tacularly that the door can't be opened
from the inside or out.
That happened to me Wednesday
just as I was about to leave to use the
bathroom. My door mechanism broke,
trapping me inside. My only option for
escape was to call the hall maintenance
service so they could drill out the door
lock and then cut away at the locking
mechanism, thus creating a huge noise
which attracts everybody in the adja-
cent hallways of East Quad.
An hour-and-a-half later, my door
was fixed. By that time, friends had
gathered and were taking photos and
videos of my triumphant release. They
hugged me and celebrated my "free-
dom," as one neighbor asked if I was
suffering from post-traumatic stress
disorder.
JAKE HOLMES
A kissing scene
Growing up in Malaysia, the count-
less American movies I watched
where making out seemed as frequent
as coffee breaks provided a stark con-
trast to the conservative climate I was
submerged in. Coming to the Univer-
sity this fall, I expected to encounter a
battlefield of kissing co-eds.
So, when neither I nor my newbie
friends came across a single couple
sucking face in the first four weeks at
school, we were astounded. Had Hol-
lywood been lying to me all my life?
American friends said that at U of M,
couples restrained themselves from
flaunting their love in public.
My friends were wrong. It turns out
we were just innocent freshmen who
didn't quite get out enough. At Fri-
day's UMix event, I found myself sur-
rounded by a swarm of students who
were focusing much more on danc-
ing tongues than dancing to karaoke.
Maybe movies have it right after all.
SUTHA KANAGASINGAM
CHANEL VON HABSBURG-LOTHRINGEN/Daily
The University of Chicago's chapter of Students for
Obama met yesterday to make posters for today's
primary contest. The group posted flyers across its
campus to encourage students to vote for Obama.
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CRIME NOTES
Students found Cars crash
in Arb with outside parking
marijuana structure
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
WHERE: Nichols Arboretum
WHEN: Sunday at about 8:20
p.m.
WHAT: Two University
students were arrested for
possession of marijuana, the
Department of Public Safety
reported. They were released
pending authorization of a
warrant.
WHERE: 500 block of Church
Street
WHEN: Sunday at about 2:55
p.m.
WHAT: Three cars were
involved in an accident near the
Church Street Parking Struc-
ture, DPS reported. One car
pulled out of the lot, causing a
second car to swerve in an effort
to avoid a crash. The swerving
car hit a parked car instead.
Meeting with
Peace Corps
recruiters
WHAT: A meeting to give
general information about
the Peace Corps program
where students can speak
with Peace Corps recruiters
and former volunteers about
their experiences
WHO: International Center
WHEN: Tonight at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: International Cen-
ter, Room 9
String quartet
discussion
WHAT: A talk by Derek
Bermel, the winner of the
2007 Paul Boylan Award,
about a new piece of music he
composed for the Guarneri
Quartet. He will also discuss
chamber music for strings
and the inner workings and
history of the stringquarnet.
WHO: Institute for the
Humanities and University
Musical Society
WHEN: Today at noon
WHERE: Thayer Building,
Room 2022
Lecture about
nationalism
in China
WHAT: A talk by University
of Notre Dame Prof. Lionel
Jensen about China's Mar-
ket Leninism, the economic
resurgence of Confucian-
ism, and how they indicate a
greater national struggle
WHO: Center for Chinese
Studies
' WHEN: Today at noon
WHERE: School of Social
Work, Room 1636
CORRECTIONS
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The annual Housing Fair
will take place today from 1
to 4 p.m. on the second floor
of the Union. Area landlords
and residence hall representa-
tives will be on hand to pro-
vide students with information
about on- and off-campus hous-
ing options for nextyear.
The Michigan women's
basketball team lost 66-61
to Illinois in Crisler Arena
last night. The defeat was its
first home loss of the season,
and the third straight game the
Wolverines have dropped.
>>FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS, PAGE 8
A London woman who
developed cervical cancer
had her life saved when
the kickingof her unborn twins
dislodged the tumor that had
been forming inside her, the
Daily Mail, a British pubhica-
tion, reported. The babies were
born healthy.
Cell phone
swiped in Union Woman falls
WHERE: Michigan Union
WHEN: Sunday at about 11
p.m.
WHAT: A person reported
thathis cell phone was stolen
from inside the Union, DPS
reported. The larceny occured
sometime between 10:52 p.m.
and 11 p.m.
on steps
WHERE: Power Center
WHEN: Sunday at about 4 p.m.
WHAT: A University visi-
tor fell on the Power Center's
main stairs, DPS reported. She
was taken to the hospital by
ambulance.
NIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Battle feared over seating
delegates from Michigan, Florida
WHAT DO
IHODES/MARSHALL/MITCHELL
SCHOLARS
DO AFTER THEIR STUDIES
Well, this guy became
president.
Former Civil Rights
Commission chair
wants to avert
floor fight
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The
woman who oversaw the documen-
tation of voter disenfranchisement
during the disputed 2000 presiden-
tial election has asked the Demo-
cratic Party to settle a fight with
Florida and Michigan to avoid dam-
age to the party.
Mary Frances Berry, who served
as U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
chairwoman until 2004, is con-
cerned that there will be a battle at
the August convention over the seat-
ing of delegates from the two states.
The Democratic National Commit-
tee stripped the states of their del-
egates as punishment for movingup
their primaries before PFeh .
"There will he a challenge at the
convention and there will be a big,
bloody fight with everybody argu-
ing," she said in an interview. "And
at the end of the day you have people
going away angry and it's hard to get
them together for the general elec-
tion."
Berry and Roger " Wilkins, a
George Mason University his-
tory professor and former Justice
Department official involved in
the civil rights movement, sent
Democratic National Committee
chairman Howard Dean a letter via
e-mail Sunday.
"Public floor fights have served
the partybadly in the past. They left
deep-seated ill-will and preceded
Democratic Party defeats in 1968
and 1972," the letter said. "Resolu-
tion of this issue is a matter of fair-
ness, justice and practicality."
The DNC declined to comment.
The letter also pointed out that
the Democratic Party supported the
Help America Vote Act and the Vot-
ing Rights Act,bothofwhich"helped
ease discontent over disenfranchise-
ment" after the 2000 election, which
President Bush won by 537 votes in
Florida after five weeks of recounts.
Florida and Michigan are push-
ing to have the delegates restored,
and New York Sen. Hillary Rod-
ham Clinton has said the delegates
should be seated.
Her rival, Illinois Sen. Barack
Obama, hasn't made such a push,
but it's widely expected that who-
ever the nominee is will try to seat
the delegates for the sake of party
unity.
What will you do?
Anything you want.
You've written your own game
plan so far in life. Why not take
it one step further and become
a Rhodes, Marshall, or Mitchell
Scholar?
Attention Students!
Wrlnam Jefferson unnon, President on
the United States of America, 1992-2000
Come to a Rhodes/Marshall/Mitchell Orientation Session:
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 * 5:00-6:00pm
Johnson Room, Lurie Building, College of Engineering
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 * 5:00-6:00pm
Michigan League, Kalamazoo Room
Monday, February 11, 2008 * 5:00-6:00pm
Crofoot Room, Michigan Union
the perfect summer job
before other students do!
To learn more, please contact the Provost's Council on Student Honors at
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