2A - Wednesday, April 2, 2008
The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com
2A - Wednesday, April 2, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom
THE OLDEST STUDENT ORANITO
Singingt through the centuries
Few campus groups can boast that
past members had fought in the civil
war, but heading into its 150-year
anniversary, the Men's Glee- Club
The oldest student organization on
campus, the Glee Club was formed in
1859 by a small group of -men. Since
then,, it's steadily grown to include
about 100 students representing all
schools within the University.
LSA senior Eric Portenga, the
Glee Club's publicity manager, said
only a few of the club's members hail
from the School of Music. Instead, he
described the group as simply a col-
laboration of "guys who like to sing."
"Most sang in high school and
wanted to keep doing it," he said.
"Whatcbetter way thanto join a group
with a rich history?"
LSA junior Greg Fear, the Glee
Club's historian, said beyond the
singing, the history of the clu
as important.
"It is interesting to be ap
group as old as we are and t
respect it," he said.
Many of the'songs they sii
from the early 1900s when clu
hers performed in operas
the Union. Because only mE
allowed to perform in the
they took on women's roles
making for "an interesting
music," Fear said.
While the club has c
changed with the times, Pea:
still retains many of the tradi
its past. For over 100 yearst
has opened its concerts with'
atque Carmina," a song aboutI
versity sung in Latin. They',
ending each concert with tra
Michigan songs for almost as.
Glee Club alumni are ini
b is just join the group on stage to sing the
Michigan alms mater at the end of
:art of a every concert. Last Friday, the 1939
to really Glee Club President Dr. Colvin Gib-
son sang with the group in Washing-
ing stem ton D.C., Fear said.
oh mem- And in a more social tradition,
held at every Thursday after rehearsals,
en were members hang out at Cottage Inn
operas, over pizza and beer. David Wynne,
as well, a past member, left the club $15,000
array of when he died - specifically to fund
the Thursday night outings because
ertainly he said he enjoyed them so much.
rsaid, it Once a semester, club members cel-
itions of ebrate "David Wynne Day" and enjoy
the club a night out on his tab.
"Laudes The group goes on regional tours
the Uni- every winter and summer, along
ye been with performing internationally once
ditional every four years. They'll be jetting off
long, to Spain at the end of this month.
vited to BETH WITTENSTEIN
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Courtesy of the Mon's Glee Club
The Men's Glee Club is the oldest Unisersity Organiza-
tien still actise today, The troop was founded in 159
and now includes about 100 students.
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CRIME NOTES
Bicycle missing
from light post
WHERE: Ross Academic
Center
WHEN: Monday at about 9:40
p.m.
WHAT: Ablue Schwinn
bicycle was taken from a light
post near the Ross Academic
Center and Yost Arena, the
Department of Public Safety
reported. The theft occurred
sometime between March 3
and March21. Police have no
suspects.
Truck leaks oil
in parking lot
WHERE: Lot NW-45 1600
McIntyre Street
AWHEN: Monday at about 8:15
p.m.
WAUT: A truck leaked a
large amount of oil in the
parking lot, DPS reported.
Occupational Safety and
Environmental Health staff
cleaned up the spill. Nothing
was reported damaged.
Workshop on
careers for
animal lovers
WHAT: An tour of the Huron
Valley Humane Society for
students interested in a career
with animals
WHO: The Career Center
WHEN: Today from 10 a.m.
to 1 P.M.,
WHERE: Transportation
provided from Student Activi-
ties Building
Presentation
on identity and
culture
WHAT: A talk by Frances
Kai-Hwa Wang, an editor
at IMDiversity.com, about
Asian-American identity in
the midwest
WHO: University Library
Diversity Committee
WHEN: Today at noon
WHERE: Harlan Hatcher
Graduate Library, Room 100
Physics lecture
on dark matter
in the Universe
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Geller, a scientist from the
Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory about mapping
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Unattended Staffer reports
iPod stolen in car damaged in
lihrr%7parking lot
1Googlecom advertised its
newest feature yesterday
for Gmail users: Gmail Cus-
tom Time. The feature allows
users to send e-mail messages
to the past, as far back as April
1, 2004, so recipients won't
realize that the sender forgot
to send the message on time. It
was an April Fool's Day joke.
2The Michigan. softball-
team's home opener against
Bowling Green is scheduled
for 4p.m.twill be the first game
played at the Wilpon Baseball
and Softball Complex's newly
renovated Alumni Field.
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3 Agroup of third-grade
students from Waycross,
Georgia were involved
in a plot to kill their teacher,
the Associated Press reported.
Weapons were brought to class
and -each, student was assigned,
a task. Two were arrested.
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WHERE: E.V. Moore Building
WHEN: Mondayat about S
p.m.
WH1AT: Astudent's iPod was
stolen from the School of
Music Library after he left it
unattended, DPS reported.
WHEMRE: 2520 Glazier
WHEN: Monday at about
1120pm.
WHAT: A University staff
member reported his car dam-
aged after another car's door
acitentallyhit-his car, DPS
reported.
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