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THE CLASS WITH THE LONGEST WUAITLIST
They're lining up for Bacon

THE BOOK BUSINESS

Before this semester began,
students scoured through their
course guides to choose from the
more than 1,000 classes offered at
the University.
Asalways, many students with
later registration dates found
waitlists rather than open seats in
the classes they wanted to take.
Though sitting eleventh on a
waitlist probably wouldn't faze
most students, what about being
eighty-ninth?
According to the Registrar's
Office, the History of College
Athletics, offered by the Ameri-
can Culture department, has the
longest waitlist this semester,
once boasting a total of 89 stu-
'dents.
That means 89 of the 150 stu-
dents in the class would need to

drop the class to allow everyo
on the waitlist to join.
It begs the question: what's
special shout the class?
According to the coui
description, students in the cl,
will take a close look at whyc
lege athletics are "a quintesal
tial part of American cultur
and why America is the or
country to take collegiate spot
so seriously.
It also explores how the ides
college athletics developed a.
women and African-Americas
influence on the multi-billion d
lar industry.
But beyond the subject matt
many students might be entic
by the popularity of the prof(
sor. The class, first offered att
University in the fall of 2006,

one taught by campus favorite Prof.
John Bacon.
so Bacon also teaches a course
called The Rise and Fall of the
rae American Sportswriter. That
ass class has a lengthy waitlist of its
:ol- own, with a total of 51 students.
.0- Bacon has also made a strong
e," name for himself in the literary,
ly world. Along with contributing
>rts pieces to TIME, Sports Illus-
trated, and various publications,xx
iof Bacon has authored five books.
nd Bacon's latest book, So's Last-
ns' ing Lessons, was a New York
lol- Times and Wall Street Journaal
bestseller. He wrote the book
er, with legendary Michigan football
ed coach Bo Schembechler before he
.es- died in 2006.
the Students work forit
is JENNIFER ZtrBEL teMchgnUnix
students exchange
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Grad student Discussion on
composer gov't, religion
contest in Central Asia

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WHERE: 1170 West Medical
Center
WHEN: Monday at about 3:00
p.m.
WHAT: A University staff
member's Lincoln automo-
bile was damaged after it was
struck by another vehicle, the
Department of Public Safety
reported. Police have no sus-
pects.
Wallet taken
from locker
WHERE: Central Campus Rec-
reation Building
WHEN: Monday at about 8:2S
p.m.
WHAT: A female student's wal-
let was stolen from an unlocked,
locker in the CCRB, DPS report-
ed. Her wallet contained 60 U.S.
dollars, 30 Canadian dollars, a
credit card and an MCard.

WHERE: Baits I Game Room
WHEN: Yesterday at about
3:00 am.
WHAT: The plexiglass on
a vending machine in Baits.
I Eaton House's game room
was broken, DPS reported.
No items were taken from the
machine. Police have no sus-
pects.
Dishes stolen
from hospital
cafeteria'
WHERE: Taubman Health
Care Center
WHEN: Monday at about 12:40
p.m.
WHAT: Three catering dishes
were stolen from the Taubman
Health Care Center sometime
within the last month, DPS
reported. Police have no sus-
pects.

WHAT: The second round of
a concerto contest featuring
graduate student composers.
The concert rules require
that each of the original
musical pieces be less than 20
minutes long.
WHO: School of Music, The-
atre and Dance
WHEN: Today at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Hill Auditorium
open-mic lunch
hour in League
Underground
WHAT: A chance for stu-
dents to perform and listen to
music at lunch
WHO: University Unions
Arts and Programs
WHEN: Today from 11 a.m.
to 31p.m.
WHERE: Michigan League
Underground

WHAT: A lecture by Prof.
Eric McGlinchey, a professor
of international affairs from
George Mason University, on
the seperation of church and
state in Central Asia
WHO: Center for Russian
and East European Studies
WHEN: Today from noon to
1 P.M.
WHERE: Room 1636, School
of Social Work Building
CORRECTIONS
. A crime note in yester-
day's issue of the Daily
(Anti-gay alurs written on
erase board) said a student
who owned a white board
exhibiting ant-gay slurs
called DPS to report the
incident. A different stu-
dent called to report the
anti-gay slurs.
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1A group of Columbia Uni-
versity professors and
deans is traveling to Iran to
officially apologize to Iranian
President Mahmud Ahma-
dinejad for remarks made by
Columbia University President
Lee Bollinger, The Tehran
Times reported. Bollinger, the
former University of Michigan,
said the visit isn't endorsed by
Columbia.
2Hundreds of thousands
of people interested in
seeing the world without
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3According to a study
published in the journal
Pediatric Dermatology,
birthmarks might be caused by
a lack of oxygen in the womb.
The researchers found a strong
link between restricted oxygen
in the placenta and the forma-
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