I The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 2A - Thursday, March 27, 2008 MONDAY: TUESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: TUSA-FRIDAY: The Extremist Explained _Before You Were Here MAT KIND OF CAsDOEg w ItY emn DRI Cruising with Coleman The next time you see a 2002 Buick LeSabre cruising around campus, you might want to look twice. It could be University President Mary Sue Coleman. In her bronze-colored, full- size sedan, Coleman enjoys the comforts of beige leather seats, power windows and locks and a four-speed automatic trans- mission. Coleman brought the car with her from the University of Iowa when she became the University of Michigan's presi- dent in August 2002. Although Coleman has driven the car for six years, it has a meager 21,000 miles on the odometer. Coleman doesn't use a GPS system or a satellite radio tuner, but the car does feature a CD and cassette combo system. And if the radio is on, it's usuallytuned to Michigan Radio WUOM, 91.7 See something on campus you want explained? E-mail your personal mystery to akroll@umich.edu. FM, Ann Arbor's national public radio affiliate. "We are thrilled that we are the number one button on Presi- dent Coleman's radio," said Ste- phen Schram, Michigan Radio's director of broadcasting. "When I talk to Mary Sue, she feeds back stories from the radio, so I know she's an avid listener." While Coleman drives her car to work, her LeSabre can usually be found parked in the Thompson Street parking lot. Most days though, Coleman walks to work from the Presi- dent's House on South Univer- sity Avenue. According to University A car matching the make and model of University President Mary Sue Coleman's car, seen here parked in the Thompson Street Parking Struc- ture, where Coleman often parks. When driving, Coleman usually listens to Michigan Radio, Ann Arbor's National Public Radio affiliate. CRIME NOTES Hole found in Woman refuses CAMPUS EVENTS& NOTES Play on being a Procrastination gay black man workshop spokeswoman Kelly Cun- ningham, Coleman has never received a parking ticket throughout her six-year tenure in Ann Arbor. The road test of the. 2002 Le Sabre conducted by Consumer Guide Automotive praised the car for its "ample passing power" and automatic-transmission performance, while decrying the car's poor fuel economy and rear-seat comfort. The LeSabre was named "Top Car" in the $20,000 to $25,000 price range by the American Automobile Association for two consecutive years, and won Good Housekeeping's "Women's Automotive Satisfaction" award four years in a row. According to Cunningham, Coleman is a lifelong Buick owner and loves the LeSabre. JESSICA BAER Dr. Pepper has promised to give everyone in America (except estranged guitar- ists Slash and Buckethead) a free can of soda if Guns N' Roses releases its long-await- ed album Chinese Democracy, CNN reported. The album has been delayed for 17 years. Cathy Horyn, the fashion critic for The New York Times, got her start at The Detroit News 20 years ago. Horyn answered a classified ad lookingforafashionwriter with "no experience required." *FOR MORE, SEE THE B-SIDE Scientists have found what they believe to be the oldest fossil of a human ever discovered in Europe, The Associated Press reported. 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Man reported lniterinc aitn IVLXIg p Valet driver gets parking lot in fender bender WHERE: Thompson Street WHAT: A performance of the one-man show "Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales" by Northwestern University Prof. E. Patrick Johnson WHO: Center for Afroameri- can and African Studies WHEN: Today from 4:30 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Residential Col- lege Theatre, East Quad Holocaust letter reading WHAT: A reading from a collection of more than 100 family letters written from Nazi labor camps. WHO: School of Informa- tion Associate Prof. Victor Rosenberg WHEN: Today at 7 p.m. WHERE: Room 100, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library WHAT: A drop-in workshop teaching strategies to avoid procrastination WHO: Counseling and Psy- chological Services WHEN: Today at 12:15 p.m. WHERE: CAPS, 3rd floor, Michigan Union CORRECTIONS t Due to an editing error, an article in yesterday's Daily (Amidgrad student concerns, office rescinds tickerpolicy) misquoted Rackham Student Government Vice President Dhruv Sud. The article quoted him as sayingthat graduate students were less passionate about sports than undergraduates, when he said graduate students who aren't as passionate about sports don't usually buy football tickets. 0 Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. 4 tI WHERE: University Hospital WHEN: Tuesday at about 7:30 p.m. WHAT: While driving a car, a valet driver crashed into another vehicle, DPS report- ed. The cars both had minimal. damage and neither driver was injured. Carport WHEN: Tuesday at about 10:30 a.m. WHAT: A staff member reported that a man was loi- tering on the seventh floor of the structure smoking and drinking, DPS reported. Police - responded to the scene, but were unable to locate the man. 4 4 4 I 4