The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 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. 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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 " Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. 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 734-763-8123 or visit the website at www.provost.umich.edu/scholars/ 0 - E A